mike and charlie are facing each other. there is a flagpole exactly halfway between them. their line of sight to the top of the flagpole is 16 feet,
with an angle of elevation of 60°.
mike and charlie both calculated the height of the flagpole as shown below.
mike's calculation
sin(60°) = height
height = 16 .sin(60°)
charlie's calculation
tan(60°) = eeight
height: = 16. tan(60°)
13.86 ft
27.71 ft
examine mike and charlie's calculations and complete the statement below.
the person with the incorrect reasoning for the height of the flagpole
,because he incorrectly selected function when he should have utilized function

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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