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A Small Radio Transmitter Broadcasts

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A small-scale radio transmitter broadcasts in a 27 mile radius. If you lot drive along a direct line from a metropolis 35 miles north of the transmitter to a second city 31 miles east of the transmitter, during how much of the bulldoze will you pick up a signal from the transmitter?

 #ane
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Let the transmitter be located at (0,0)

The equation for its effective coverage area will be a circumvolve  centered at  (0,0)  with a radius  of  27

And then....the equation is

x^2 + y^ii  = 27^2

x^2 + y^2  = 729

Let the signal 35  miles north of the transmitter be  (0, 35)

Let the point 31  miles east of the trasmitter   be (31,0)

The line connecting these (the line of travel)  will take a slope  of  [ 35 - 0] / [ 0 - 31]  =  -35/31

The equation of this line will exist

y  = (-35/31)10  + 35

We could solve this  algebraically, but a graph seems easier to bargain with

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The signal will exist received  betwen the points  (8.221 , 25.718)  and (26.523, 5.055)

The altitude betwixt these points  is

√ [ ( 26.523 - 8.221)^2  + ( 25.718 - v.055)^2 ]  ≈  27.6 miles     (1)

The distance  between  (0, 35)  and (31,0)  =  √ [ ( 31)^2  + ( 35)^2 ]  ≈  46.eight  miles  (2)

And so....you will receive the bespeak  nigh  (1)/ (ii)    =  27.6 / 46.8  ≈  59%  of the drive

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edited by CPhill October 22, 2019
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Sad for the bother simply is there whatsoever gamble you could evidence me how to do it algebraically?

It'south review for a examination and I won't have acess to a graphing calculator.

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Yeah....I can work it out for you.....in just a few....

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We demand to notice the  x intersection points  of

x^ii + y^two   = 729     and

y = (-35/31)ten + 35

So....subbing the second equation into the first for y  we have that

x^2  +  [ (-35/31)x + 35]^2  = 729

x^ii  +  1225x^two/961  -2450x/31  + 1225  = 729

[961 + 1225]x^2 / 961 - 2450x/31  + 496  = 0     multiply through by 961

2186  x^2  -  75950x  + 476656  =  0

Using the quadratic formula    we accept that

75950  ±√ [ (75950^2 - 4(2186)(476656) ]

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         2 *  2186

Evaluating this we get that  10 =  eight.221  and  10 = 26.523

Putiing the commencement value into  the linear equation nosotros have that

y = (-35/31)(viii.221) + 35   ≈ 25.718

Putting the second vallue into the linear eqation we have that

y = (-35/31)(26.523) + 35  ≈ 5.055

So....the intersection points of the circumvolve and line of travel  are ( 8.221, 25.718)  and (25.523, five.055)

And  I just used the distance formula twice to solve the balance of the problem

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