Solve the problem.A building 290 feet tall casts a 100 foot long shadow. If a person looks down from the top of the building, what is the measure of the angle between the end of the shadow and the vertical side of the building (to the nearest degree)? (Assume the person's eyes are level with the top of the building.)
A. 71°
B. 70°
C. 19°
D. 20°
Answer: C
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Provide an appropriate response.Can you set up a proportion to solve this problem? Alice is 11 years old. Her hair is 8 inches long. How long will her hair be when she is 21 years old?
What will be an ideal response?
Solve the problem.Suppose that a radio signal transmission pattern can be modeled by 
for 
where the units are in miles. Describe the influence of k on the pattern. Assume that the positive x-axis points east.
A. With increasing k, the distance of transmission becomes smaller in the east and west directions. B. With increasing k, the transmission becomes more strongly directed toward the north and less strongly directed to the east. C. With increasing k, the transmission becomes more strongly directed toward the east and less strongly directed to the west. D. With increasing k, the distance of transmission becomes greater in the east and west directions.
Add or subtract. Express the answer as a mixed number.20
- 
A. 19
B. 20
C. 19
D. 18
Find the length of the unknown side of the right triangle. In each case, a and b represent the lengths of the legs and c represents the length of the hypotenuse.
a = 
, b = 
; find c
A. 25
B. 5
C. 
D. 533