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A man is five times as old as his son. If the son's age is y, set up the quadratic equation that represents the product of their ages in four years being 340.
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Part 22· 3 steps
A man is five times as old as his son. If the son's age is , then the man's current age is .
In four years' time:
Son's age will be .
Man's age will be .
The product of their ages in four years will be 340.
Set up the equation for the product of their ages in four years.
Expand the left side of the equation.
Rearrange the equation to the standard quadratic form .
The final answer is .
Part 23
Simplify:
Simplify the numerator .
Find a common denominator, which is .
Simplify the denominator .
Find a common denominator, which is .
Divide the simplified numerator by the simplified denominator.
To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal.
Cancel out the common term .
The final answer is .
Part 24
In the diagram, is an equilateral triangle of side . is the midpoint of . Find .
Identify properties of an equilateral triangle.
Since is equilateral, all sides are equal () and all interior angles are ().
Determine the length of .
is the midpoint of , so .
Identify properties of the line segment .
In an equilateral triangle, the line segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side (a median) is also an altitude and an angle bisector.
Therefore, , which means is a right-angled triangle with the right angle at .
Also, bisects , so .Calculate .
We need to find .
The final answer is .
Part 25
A fence tall is away from a tree of height . Calculate the angle of elevation of the top of the tree from the top of the fence.
Identify the relevant lengths for the right-angled triangle formed by the observer's eye (top of the fence), the top of the tree, and the horizontal line from the top of the fence to the tree.
The horizontal distance (adjacent side) is .
The vertical height difference (opposite side) is the height of the tree minus the height of the fence.Use the tangent function to find the angle of elevation ().
Calculate the angle .
Using a calculator:
Rounding to two decimal places, .
Comparing with the options, is the closest.The final answer is .
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