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
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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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