A gold mine has two elevators, one for equipment and another for the miners. The equipment elevator descends 66 feet per second. The elevator for the miners descends 1616 feet per second. One day, the equipment elevator begins to descend. After 2323 seconds, the elevator for the miners begins to descend. What is the position of each elevator relative to the surface after another 1616 seconds? At that time, which elevator is deeper? The position of the equipment elevator relative to the surface is negative 234−234 feet. The position of the elevator for the miners relative to the surface is nothing feet.

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step-by-step explanation:

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so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

take it another

the answer is b

16 is the absolute value

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