Answer: It is about 23 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Let's call <em>x</em> the height of the mast.
2. You know that the rope is attached to a point 6 feet from the base of the mast and the rope is 24 feet long, therefore, you can draw the right triangle shown in the figure attached.
3. To calculate <em>x</em>, you must apply the Pythagorean Theorem as you can see below:

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What you want to do here is plug 2 in for x. when a question asks you to evaluate a certain equation at a certain number, it's just asking you to plug the value in for your variable. i'm assuming that 12x + 8 is meant to be set over 4 as a fraction.
(12(2) + 8)/4 ... figure out the top first. 12*2 = 24, 24 + 8 = 32.
32/4 = 8, so your correct choice is D.
Answer: D.
Step-by-step explanation: If you look closely, putting a 100 wouldn't make sense
The vertical line test is when you put vertical lines down the graph and if the point does not touch the line more than once, it passes and represents a function.