Nick wanted to determine the length of one blade of a windmill. He stood at a point on the ground 440 feet from the windmill's base. Using surveyor's tools, Nick measured the angle between the ground and the highest point reached by the top blade and found it was 38.8°. He measured the angle between the ground and the lowest point of the top blade and found it was 30°. Determine and state a blade's length, x, to the nearest foot.

Respuesta :

Using the slope concept, it is found that rhe blade's length is of 90 feet.

What is a slope?

The slope is given by the vertical change divided by the horizontal change, and it's also the tangent of the angle of depression.

In this problem, the horizontal change is of 440 feet.

At the highest point, the angle is of 38º, hence:

[tex]\tan{38^\circ} = \frac{h_1}{440}[/tex]

[tex]h_1 = 440\tan{38^\circ}[/tex]

[tex]h_1 = 344[/tex]

At the lowetst point, the angle is of 30, hence:

[tex]\tan{30^\circ} = \frac{h_2}{440}[/tex]

[tex]h_2 = 440\tan{30^\circ}[/tex]

[tex]h_2 = 254[/tex]

Hence, the difference is:

[tex]h_2 - h_1 = 344 - 254 = 90[/tex]

The blade's length is of 90 feet.

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