Answer:
D. is the correct answer.
Step-by-step explanation:
The given situation can be represented as a figure attached in answer area.
B is the base of tree.
C is the base of wires.
A and D are the end of 2 wires supporting the tree.
Here, we need to find the Height of the tree which is represented the by side AB.
and we are given that bases of wires and tree base are at a distance 4 ft.
i.e. side BC = 4 ft
If we look at the , we are given the base BC and the , and the perpendicular is to be find out.
We can use trigonometric identity:
Hence, D. is the correct answer.
I don’t understand either
We know that:
is an equation of a circle.
When we substitute x and y (from the pairs we have), we'll get a system of equations:
and all we have to do is solve it for a, b and r.
There will be:
From equations (II) and (III) we have:
and from (I) and (II):
Now we can easly calculate a and b:
Finally we calculate
:
And the equation of the circle is: