Alex is holding a kite on a 40 foot string. Alex's hand is holding the string 6 feet above the ground. He looks up to the kite with an angle of elevation of 50 degrees. What is the kite's altitude?

An episode of a television show is 60 minutes long when it originally airs with commercials. on a dvd without commercials, the episode is only 417 minutes long. how many1-minute commercials did the episode include when it originally aired? write and solve an equation to justify your answer.

Eric has challenged himself to walk 24,000 steps in 4 days. if eric walks the same number of steps each day, which function represents the number of steps eric still needs to walk to reach his goal with respect to the number of days since he started his challenge? a. y = 8,000x − 24,000 b. y = -8,000x + 24,000 c. y = 6,000x − 24,000 d. y = -6,000x + 24,000

Arecipe calls for 2 2/4 cups of raisins, but julie only has a 1/4 measuring cup. how many 1/4 cups is needed to measure out 2 2/4 cups of raisins?