Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
An escalator at a shopping center is 200.75 feet long and rises at an angle of 15⁰. What is the vertical rise of the escalator? Round to hundredths place
The correct answer is Choice A.
You can see from the graph that the y-intercept is 50 because it cross on the left at 50.
To find the slope, we can use the following two points (0, 50) and (20, 110). This will give a slope of 3.
Put the 50 and 3 together and you will have the equation:
y = 3x + 50
This question can be solved using the Herons equation where
A = SQRT [s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c)]
A = area of the triangle
a, b and c are the sides of the triangle
s = (a+b+c)/2
Since we are given the area, we can express "s" as a function of the third side c. This can be substituted in the original equation so as to obtain an expression to solve for the third side c
s = (4+10+c)/2 = (14+c)/2
using the solver function of the calculator or MS Excel, the third side is 7.21 units
