document.write( "Question 810532: there is to be a water fountion in the back yard of the buliding. the water tap is 25 feet away from the proposed fountaion location at a bearing of 75 dregress. however becaue of the construction of the garage the water pipe extends 10 feet out at a 90 dergree bearing before turning towards the fountaion . what is the length of the pipe needed from the end of the fountain? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #488218 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! there is to be a water fountain in the back yard of the buliding. the water tap is 25 feet away from the proposed fountain location at a bearing of 75 dregress. however because of the construction of the garage the water pipe extends 10 feet out at a 90 degree bearing before turning towards the fountain . what is the length of the pipe needed from the end of the fountain? \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( "Draw the picture on a coordinate system. \n" ); document.write( "Put the tap (T) at the origin. \n" ); document.write( "Mark an angle of 75degrees up from the positive x-axis. \n" ); document.write( "Let the fountain(F) be on that 75 degree bearing line and 25 ft. from T. \n" ); document.write( "Draw a line segment from T to (0,10) on the y-axis. \n" ); document.write( "Draw a line segment from (0,10) to F and label it \"x\". \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"x\" using the Law of Cosines:: \n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 10^2+25^2-2*10*25*cos(15 degrees) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 235.93 \n" ); document.write( "x = 15.36 ft \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "Total pipe needed: 10'+15.36 = 25.36 ft. \n" ); document.write( "=========================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "==================\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |