14. Rachelle hangs up posters to find a missing dog, Cooper. Each poster is hung four feet below the top of the streetlights around the neighborhood. The angle formed by the ladder and the streetlight is 55°. If a taller ladder was to reach the top of the streetlight, the angle formed where they meet would be 40°. Approximately how far are the posters from the bottom of each streetlight? 5.7 feet 7.6 feet 4.7 feet 9.9 feet
14. Rachelle hangs up posters to find a missing dog, Cooper. Each poster is hung four feet below the top of the streetlights around the neighborhood. The angle formed by the ladder and the streetlight is 55°. If a taller ladder was to reach the top of the streetlight, the angle formed where they meet would be 40°. Approximately how far are the posters from the bottom of each streetlight? 5.7 feet 7.6 feet 4.7 feet 9.9 feet
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Transcribed Image Text:14. Rachelle hangs up posters to find a missing dog, Cooper.
Each poster is hung four feet below the top of the
streetlights around the neighborhood. The angle formed by
the ladder and the streetlight is 55°. If a taller ladder was to
reach the top of the streetlight, the angle formed where
they meet would be 40°. Approximately how far are the
posters from the bottom of each streetlight?
O 5.7 feet
7.6 feet
4.7 feet
9.9 feet
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