HELP!!!Pre-cal: A water gutter 4 feet long is to be formed from a piece of sheet metal that is 9inches wide and four feet long by folding sides of length x up through an angle of 60 degrees.

a) Find the length of the side labeled b1 in terms of x.
b) Find the length of the side labeled b2 in terms of x.
c) Find the length of the height, labeled h in the diagram, in terms of x.
d) Use what you found above to find the volume of the gutter in terms of x.
e) If x=3in, what is the volume of water that the gutter can hold?

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HELP!!!Pre-cal: A water gutter 4 feet long is to be formed from a piece of sheet metal that is 9inches wide and four feet long by folding sides of length x up through an angle of 60 degrees.

a) Find the length of the side labeled b1 in terms of x.
b) Find the length of the side labeled b2 in terms of x.
c) Find the length of the height, labeled h in the diagram, in terms of x.
d) Use what you found above to find the volume of the gutter in terms of x.
e) If x=3in, what is the volume of water that the gutter can hold?

anonymous · Answer

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This is the diagram.