Question

Does anyone know the answer to this word problem?

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°.

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

Answer 1

i think a is 71

Answer 2

b should be 26 degrees and c i believe 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.

Answer 3

Thanks for your help :)