A child builds two wooden train sets. The path of one of the trains can be represented by the function y = 2cos2x, where y represents the distance of the train from the child as a function of x minutes. The distance from the child to the second train can be represented by the function y = 3 + cos x. What is the number of minutes it will take until the two trains are first equidistant from the child?

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

25.45584

sorry i got nothing

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

it would be 3 ÷by 6 because the number on each side