Danica is in the observation area of the sears tower in chicago overlooking lake michigan. She sights two sailboats going due ea
st from the tower. The angles of depression to the two boats are 42 degrees and 29 degrees. If the observation deck is 1,353 feet high, how far apart are the boats?
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<h3>AC=96 units.</h3>Step-by-step explanation:
We are given a parallelogram ABCD with diagonals AC and BD intersect at point E.
, and CE=6x .
<em>Note: The diagonals of a parallelogram intersects at mid-point.</em>
Therefore, AE = EC.
Plugging expressions for AE and EC, we get
Subtracting 6x from both sides, we get
Factoriong quadratic by product sum rule.
We need to find the factors of -16 that add upto -6.
-16 has factors -8 and +2 that add upto -6.
Therefore, factor of quadratic is (x-8)(x+2)=0
Setting each factor equal to 0 and solve for x.
x-8=0 => x=8
x+2=0 => x=-2.
We can't take x=-2 as it's a negative number.
Therefore, plugging x=8 in EC =6x, we get
EC = 6(8) = 48.
<h3>AC = AE + EC = 48+48 =96 units.</h3>