Solve the problem.On a sunny day, a building and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 37 m long and the shadow is 27 m, how tall is the building? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

A. 26.3 m
B. 10.0 m
C. 45.8 m
D. 25.3 m


Answer: D

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A.  +  = 1
B.  +   = 1
C.   +   = 1
D.  +  = 1

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Solve the following system by any appropriate method. If there is no real number solution, so state.3x2 - y2 = 14x2 + 2y2 = 14

A. (, 2), (, -2), (-, 2), (-, -2)
B. (, 4), (-4), (-, 4), (--4)
C. (, 2), (, -2), (-, 2), (-, -2)
D. no real solution

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Use the associative law of multiplication to write an equivalent expression.9[m(7 + n)]

A. 63m + 9n B. (9m)(7 + n) C. (9m)(7n) D. 9[m(n + 7)]

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Solve the problem.If the formula R = -0.037t + 50.1 can be used to predict the world record in the eter dash  after 1925, for what years will the world records be 47.8 seconds or less?

A. t > 1963 B. t > 1989 C. t ? 1987 D. t ? 1988

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