SOLUTION: During summer heat a 6 mile bridge expands 6 feet in length. Assuming the bulge is in the center of the bridge and straight up, how high is the bulge?
a)What is the exact height i
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a)What is the exact height i
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Question 426473: During summer heat a 6 mile bridge expands 6 feet in length. Assuming the bulge is in the center of the bridge and straight up, how high is the bulge?
a)What is the exact height in feet using radicals as needed without simplifying?
b)What is the height of the bulge in feet simplified using an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! During summer heat a 6 mile bridge expands 6 feet in length.
Assuming the bulge is in the center of the bridge and straight up, how high is the bulge?
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a)What is the exact height in feet using radicals as needed without simplifying?
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A right triangle formed by half the bridge
Find the number of ft in 3 miles: 3 * 5280 = 15840 ft, on a cold day
The expansion on half the bridge will be 3 ft, on a hot day: 15843 ft
Let x = height the bridge rises in the middle
x^2 + 15840^2 = 15843^2
x^2 = 15843^2 - 15840^2
x =
x = ft
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b)What is the height of the bulge in feet simplified using an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth?
x = 308.3 ft
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That seems like a lot but, there's the math anyway.
