27. A police officer hiding between two bushes 50 ft from a straight highway sights two points A, and 8. The angle from the police car to A is 62°, and the angle to point B is 72°. a. Find the distance between A and B. Round to the nearest foot. b. Suppose that a motorist takes 2.7 sec to pass from A to B. Using the rounded distance from part (a), find the motorist's speed in ft/sec. Round to 1 decimal place. c. Determine the motorist's speed in mph. Round to the nearest mph. 50 ft-

27. A police officer hiding between two bushes 50 ft from a straight highway sights two points A, and 8. The angle from the police car to A is 62°, and the angle to point B is 72°. a. Find the distance between A and B. Round to the nearest foot. b. Suppose that a motorist takes 2.7 sec to pass from A to B. Using the rounded distance from part (a), find the motorist's speed in ft/sec. Round to 1 decimal place. c. Determine the motorist's speed in mph. Round to the nearest mph. 50 ft-

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337614085

Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Chapter4: Quadrilaterals

Section4.1: Properties Of A Parallelogram

Problem 41E: The following problem is based on the Parallelogram Law. In the scaled drawing, each unit...

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