"Find y". I got this wrong and want to understand why and how to do the problem. Can someone please help?

Step-by-step explanation:

Well what you have here are two right triangles within another right triangles created by an altitude. This results in 3 similar triangles (see attached for reference)

As a result , using the properties of similar triangles, and taking ratios of their sides of the medium triangle and the largest triangle, we can form the following relationship:

 (we know that a+b = 15), hence the equation becomes:

 ----------eq 1

If we consider the largest triangle, we will see that

cos 30° = z / 15

but from our special angles (see second attachment) we know that cos 30° = (√3)/2

hence

(√3)/2 = z / 15

z = (15√3) / 2 --------eq 2

from the same largest triangle, we will also see that

sin 30° = x / 15

similarly from our special angles, we know that sin 30° = 1/2

hence,

1/2 = x/15

x = 15/2 --------eq 3

now that we have values for x and z, we can neglect the first term of equation 1 and form an equality with x, y and z

 (substituting the values for x and z that we found above)

y = (15/2) · [ (15√3) / 2] / 15

y = (15√3) / 4

answer: c, the green line

step-by-step explanation:

there is no black line, eliminate b.

simple interest implies periodic payments, but the red line shows no payments, eliminate d.

simple interest has equal payments. if paid say every day, the graph is about a straight line (actually a stairstep).

the yellow line is not straight, eliminate a.

check: the green line is straight, answer is c.

simple interest with positive interest rate gives a straight line sloping up to the right. green line:

g(t) = $100 + ($200-$100) ÷ (20 years) × (t years)

= $100 + (4%/year) × ($100)(t years)

incidentally, the yellow line curving upward represents continuously compounded interest

y = $100 × 2^(t years / (14 assuming the yellow line hits $200 at 14 years. 2^0 is 1, so y(0) = $100; 2^(14/14) is 2, so y(14) = $200.

the correct answer would be:

220 centimeters

to get this you can use the pythagorean theorem

hope this

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