To racecar drivers safely negotiate turns, racetracks are banked at the curves. at one location, a 58 ft track is banked such that the highest point on the track is 23.6 ft above ground level. the cross section of the track is in the shape of a right triangle, as shown below. what is the width of the base of this cross section? a. 34.4 ft b. 53.0 ft c. 62.6 ft d. 81.6 ft

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?