Ray is 12 miles from home.
Let x be Ray's distance from home. His distance is one leg of a right triangle; 5, Rosa's distance from home, is the other. The hypotenuse, the distance between them, is 1 more than Ray's distance from home, or x+1. Using the Pythagorean theorem,
5²+x²=(x+1)²
25+x²=(x+1)(x+1)
Multiplying the binomials, we have
25+x²=x*x+1*x+1*x+1*1
25+x²=x²+1x+1x+1
25+x²=x²+2x+1
Subtracting x² from both sides,
25 = 2x+1
Subtracting 1 from both sides,
24 = 2x
Divide both sides by 2, and we have
12 = x
Ray is 12 miles from home.
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The distance between point on the ground from the top of the building is 396 meter, if the building is 280 m high and The angle of depression from the top of a building to a point on the ground is 45 degrees.
Step-by-step explanation:
The given is,
The angle of depression from the top of a building to a point on the ground is 45 degrees.
Height of the building is 280 meter.
Step: 1
Given diagram is a right angled diagram,
For right angle triangle,
90° = 45° + 45°
= 90°
Trignometric ratio,
sin ∅ = ....................(1)
For the above ratio take the bottom angle, that is angle of depression from the top of a building to a point on the ground is 45 degrees.
Where, Opp side = 280 meters
Hyp side = x
∅ = 45°
Equation (1) becomes,
sin 45° =
0.70710678 =
x =
x = 395.979
Distance between point on the ground from the top of the building, x ≅ 396 meter
Trignometric ratio,
cos ∅ =
Cos 45 =
Adj = (0.70710678)(396)
Bottom length, Adj = 280 meter
Result:
The distance between point on the ground from the top of the building is 396 meter.