A city planner in Phoenix, Arizona wants make sure that the distance between a proposed skyscraper is at least 757 feet away from the nearest two buildings downtown, the Chase Tower and U.S. Bank Center. The distance between the Chase Tower and the U.S. Bank Center is 1599 feet. The city planner is reading through the architect's building plans which places the new skyscraper east of the Chase Tower building. If the new skyscraper is 2009 feet away from the U.S. Bank Center building, is it far enough away from the Chase Tower building? The city planner hired a local surveyor to produce the below diagram, where 0 is unknown. Note: sine and cosine take in radian angle measures, to input an angle measure of 45 degrees into the sine function use sin (15 150): sin ( 45 · 180 Chase Tower Ө 37° New Building U.S. Bank Branch a. What is the distance between the Chase Tower and new skyscraper building? Preview b. Is the distance you entered in part (a) longer than 757 feet? Not enough information Yes O No

A city planner in Phoenix, Arizona wants make sure that the distance between a proposed skyscraper is at least 757 feet away from the nearest two buildings downtown, the Chase Tower and U.S. Bank Center. The distance between the Chase Tower and the U.S. Bank Center is 1599 feet. The city planner is reading through the architect's building plans which places the new skyscraper east of the Chase Tower building. If the new skyscraper is 2009 feet away from the U.S. Bank Center building, is it far enough away from the Chase Tower building? The city planner hired a local surveyor to produce the below diagram, where 0 is unknown. Note: sine and cosine take in radian angle measures, to input an angle measure of 45 degrees into the sine function use sin (15 150): sin ( 45 · 180 Chase Tower Ө 37° New Building U.S. Bank Branch a. What is the distance between the Chase Tower and new skyscraper building? Preview b. Is the distance you entered in part (a) longer than 757 feet? Not enough information Yes O No

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

Section4.4: The Trapezoid

Problem 24E: The state of Nevada approximates the shape of a trapezoid with these dimensions for boundaries: 340...

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