HEL. Suppose a bird is 500 feet above the ground. It descends at a steady rate. After 10 seconds, it is 250 feet above the ground.
a) Write an equation that gives the height of the bird as a function of time. Be sure to define your variables!
b) After how many seconds will the bird land on the ground?

a)

b)

Step-by-step explanation:

a)

Let = height above ground

Let = time

Because the bird descended down to 250 feet in 10 seconds with a steady rate, that means it descends 25 feet per second.

∴  

b)

To find the time it takes until the bird reaches the ground, must equal :

∴ It takes 20 seconds for the bird to reach the ground.

proofs involving isosceles triangles often require special consideration because an isosceles triangle has several distinct properties that do not apply to normal triangles.(more about triangle types) therefore, when you are trying to prove that two triangles are congruent, and one or both triangles, are isosceles you have a few theorems that you can use to make your life easier.

step-by-step explanation:

an isosceles triangle has two congruent sides and two congruent angles. the congruent angles are called the base angles and the other angle is known as the vertex angle. ∠bac and ∠bca are the base angles of the triangle picture on the left. the vertex angle is ∠abc

answer:   28.56 feet (approx)

step-by-step explanation:

since, triangle abc has measure of angle c equal to 55 degrees, measure of angle abc equal to 90 degrees, and length of bc equal to 20 feet.

we have to find out the measurement of segment ab.

therefore, tan 55° =

but bc = 20 feet.

⇒ tan 55 ° =  

⇒ ab = 20 × tan 55 °

⇒ ab = 20 × 1.42814800674

⇒ ab = 28.5629601348   ≈ 28.56 feet