I need help with number 1 on question 1 and number 1 on question 2
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4592031/trigono ... ject_2.pdf
What have you tried? Where are you stuck?I need help with number 1 on question 1 and number 1 on question 2
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4592031/trigono ... ject_2.pdf
You know that the tangent on the left-hand side of the identity they've given you is 13/x. You know that the tangent of alpha is 4/x.the second problem I can't figure out number 1....
Becausein problem number 1 i'm stuck with the first question. I don't understand how I can show that the height of the mountain is given by that specific formula. why am I using tangents of alpha and beta?
ok, that's as far as I got.Becausein problem number 1 i'm stuck with the first question. I don't understand how I can show that the height of the mountain is given by that specific formula. why am I using tangents of alpha and beta?and
are the angles they've given you.
Okay, okay; I'll behave....
Label the picture with "m" being the whole height of the mountain, "s" being the height of the sextant, and "m - s" being the height of the mountain less the height of the sextant. Label the part of the lower horizontal line between the base of the sextant and where the angle line hits the horizontal as "x"; label the other half as "y". Then you have:
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See if you can use the first two to substitute for the variables you don't want in the third, and then solve for "m".
It would be 9/x because 9 is the length of the whole side. 4 is the length of the shorter side.You know that the tangent on the left-hand side of the identity they've given you is 13/x. You know that the tangent of alpha is 4/x.the second problem I can't figure out number 1....
Plug those in, solve for the tangent of theta, and then take the inverse tangent. You'll then have theta as a function of x.
Next time, it might be helpful to show that when you're asked "What have you tried? Where are you stuck?"ok, that's as far as I got.
Well, you could try using the suggestion provided earlier: Solve the first two equations for the variables you don't want, and then use these in the third equation.when I go to substitute though I get confused again...I feel like I can't plug m/y or s/x anywhere in the second...am I wrong?
As far as it goes. Now solve forso this is what I am left with:
9/x= ((4/x)+tantheta)/(1-(4tantetha/x))
Is this right?
If I keep going I get this:It would be 9/x because 9 is the length of the whole side. 4 is the length of the shorter side.You know that the tangent on the left-hand side of the identity they've given you is 13/x. You know that the tangent of alpha is 4/x.the second problem I can't figure out number 1....
Plug those in, solve for the tangent of theta, and then take the inverse tangent. You'll then have theta as a function of x.
so this is what I am left with:
9/x= ((4/x)+tantheta)/(1-(4tantetha/x))
Is this right?
So I get :Okay, okay; I'll behave....
Label the picture with "m" being the whole height of the mountain, "s" being the height of the sextant, and "m - s" being the height of the mountain less the height of the sextant. Label the part of the lower horizontal line between the base of the sextant and where the angle line hits the horizontal as "x"; label the other half as "y". Then you have:
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
See if you can use the first two to substitute for the variables you don't want in the third, and then solve for "m".