SOLUTION: A flashlight shining on the heads of people A,B,and C simultaneously. Person A is 4 feet tall. Person B is 5 1/2 feet tall. Person C is 7 feet tall. If the measure of angle x i

Question 626477: A flashlight shining on the heads of people A,B,and C simultaneously. Person A is 4 feet tall. Person B is 5 1/2 feet tall. Person C is 7 feet tall. If the measure of angle x is 45degrees, how far away from the flashlight is each person
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint:
Draw a picture and use the tangent function to find the adjacent sides (given the angle and opposite side)

Edit:

If you draw out the problem you'll get

From there, you can use the tangent function to find each unknown variable.
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