Grace is standing 14 feet from a lighthouse and Kelly is standing 12 feet from Grace. The angle that Grace looks up to see the top of the lighthouse is 45°. The angle that Kelly looks up to see the top of the lighthouse is y°.

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

a.   Find the height, h, of the lighthouse.
 b.   Find the angle, rounded to the nearest tenth of a degree, in which Kelly looks up to the top of the lighthouse.
 c.   To the nearest tenth of a degree, find the value of x° . In two or more sentences, explain your calculations

mathstudent55 · Answer

This part is clear.
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mathstudent55 · Answer

The part about Kelly can be understood two different ways.
Is Kelly standing in the Kelly 1 position or in the Kelly 2 position?


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anonymous · Answer

there are 3 questions to this problem

anonymous · Answer

a. The lighthouse is 71 feet high. 26+45=71.
b. 26 degrees 12+14=26 degrees 
c. The angle that Kelly looks up to the lighthouse is 26 degrees. Because Grace is standing 14 feet and Kelly is standing 12 feet from her.

anonymous · Answer

Is that correct?