You are walking directly away from your house. You are 5 miles away from your house when you start walking, so you can determine your distance by adding 5 to the number of miles you have walked. In the equation below, X represents the number of miles you have walked, and Y represents your distance from home in miles.

The independent variable is the number of miles you walked.

Unfortunately, I do not know the dependant variable.

Step-by-step explanation:

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answer:  

step-by-step explanation:

here x represents the height of the pole,

and, the height of the shadow of the pole is 12 feet.

also, the angle of elevation from the top of the pole is 40°,

therefore,

by the low of sine,

which is the required equation for finding the value of x,