document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=714769>Question 714769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Elliott street is 24ft wide when it ends at main street in brattleboro, vermont,  a 40 ft long diagonal crosswalk allows pedestrians to cross main street to or from either corner of elliott street. determine the width of main street  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let m = the width of Main street<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "draw this out marking the width of Elliot as 24 and the width of Main as m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The diagonal, the distance to opposite corners, is 40<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the angle (A) enclosed by the diagonal (40) and the width of Elliot (24)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the cosine for this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cos(A) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24%2F40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24%2F40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 53.13 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the width of Main street using the sine of this angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sin(53.13) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2F40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2F40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( ".8 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2F40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2F40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = .8 * 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 32 ft is the width of main street  </SPAN>\n" );
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