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In the figure below, what is the length of AD?

I keep getting H, but it is not correct please help!!!

In the figure below, what is the length of AD? I keep getting H, but it is not correct-example-1
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find the inside angle B of the smaller triangle using the base (4) and height (6)
smaller part of B = arctan(4/6) = 33.69 degrees
full B = 90 degrees - smaller B gives you the other part of B for the left hand side

so 90 - 33.69 = 56.31

now AD = 6 x tan(56.31) = 9 feet
answer is G





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