Given a triangle with vertices A(-4,-2) B(4,2) C(6,-4)
use slope and distance formula to show that the mid segment joining the midpoint of sides AC and half its length.

1. a driveway has a 15° grade. if the driveway is 40 meters long, how much does the driveway rise? (nearest tenth of a meter) 2. a person located 4 miles from a rocket launch site sees a rocket at an angle of elevation of 32°. at that moment, how high is the rocket above the ground? (nearest tenth of a mile) 3.an airplane approaches an airport landing strip with an angle of depression of 12°. if the airplane is flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet, find the distance on the ground that the plane will need to land. (nearest 1,000 feet) 4.two buildings are located on opposite sides of the street, 40 meters apart. the angle of elevation from the top of the shorter building to the top of the taller building is 53°. if the taller building is 300 meters tall, what is the height of the shorter building? (nearest meter) 5.george is 187 cm tall. his son, ralph, is 142 cm tall. who casts the longer shadow. george when the sun is 65° above the horizon, or ralph when the sun is 56° above the horizon? how much longer? (nearest centimeter)

Mr and mrs smith buy tickets for themselves and their four children. the cost of an adult ticket is ? 6 more than the adult ticket. the total cost of the six tickets is ? 40.50 work out the cost of an adult ticket. in your working let c be the cost of the child ticket and a be the cost of the adult ticket.

Me on this one i will give you 20pts. answer should be in detail . this is the discussion topic. one of the most fiercely debated topics in sports is the hot hand theory. the hot hand theory says that success breeds success. in other words, rather than each shot a basketball player takes or each at-bat a baseball player has being an independent event, the outcome of one event affects the next event. that is, a player can get hot and make a lot of shots in a row or get a lot of hits in a row. the hot hand theory, however, has been shown to be false in numerous academic studies. read this article, which discusses the hot hand theory as it relates to a professional basketball player. state whether you agree or disagree with the hot hand theory, and give reasons for your opinion. be sure to use some of the terms you’ve learned in this unit, such as independent event, dependent event, and conditional probability, in your answer.