Suppose a 6-ft person wishes to determine the height of a bridge above the bottom of a canyon, as shown in the figure below. To do this, this person stands at one end of the bridge (point A) and looks down to a point directly below the other end (point B). With the help of a companion, point P is determined to form two triangles. Find the distance to the bottom of the canyon, if ft and

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Solve the problem.The concentration of alcohol in a person's blood is measurable. Suppose that the risk R (given as a percent) of having an accident while driving a car can be modeled by the equation R = 5ekxwhere x is the variable concentration of alcohol in the blood and k is a constant.Suppose that a concentration of alcohol in the blood of 0.07 results in a 10% risk  of an accident. Find the constant k in the equation.Using this value of k, what is the risk if the concentration is 0.11?

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Find the volume specified. Use 3.14 as the approximate value of ?, and round your answer to the nearest tenth.Find the volume of a tent having the shape of a rectangular solid of length 11 ft, width 14 ft, and height 5 ft topped by a rectangular pyramid of the same width and length with height 4 ft.

A. 975.3 ft3 B. 1540.0 ft3 C. 205.3 ft3 D. 410.6 ft3

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Multiply and simplify. ?  

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Determine whether the relation represents a function. If it is a function, state the domain and range.{(9.22, 10.92), (9.222, -10.9), (, 0), (0.43, -9)}

A. function
domain: {10.92, -10.9, 0, -9}
range: {9.22, 9.222, , 0.43}
B. function
domain: {9.22, 9.222, , 0.43}
range: {10.92, -10.9, 0, -9}
C. not a function

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