OKK 90 POINTS 1. A tree casts a shadow that is 35.6 feet long. At that time, the angle of elevation of the sun is 45°. (It’s called angle of elevation because we have to raise, or elevate, our eyes to see the sun). Let’s find the height of the tree. Label the height of the tree as x on your diagram. (Part A) Explain why tan 45o (the ratio of opposite to adjacent) could help us find the height. (Part B) Use the given diagram to complete the trigonometric equation below: (Part C) Use your calculator to find the value of tan 45°. In your equation, replace tan 45° with this number, and solve your equation to find the tree’s height.

A) tan(45°) help us to find the height of the tree because it relates our unknown with a known length (the length of the shadow)

B) tan(45°) = x/35.6

C) x = 35.6 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

B) From definition:

tan(45°) = opposite/adjacent

opposite to angle 45° is x ( the height of the tree), adjacent to angle 45° is the length of the shadow (35.6 ft). Replacing into the equation:

tan(45°) = x/35.6

C) tan(45°) = 1

Then:

1 = x/35.6

35.6 ft = x

answer:   segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

details/explanation:

brown v. board of education of topeka, decided by the us supreme court in 1954, ruled that all americans are entitled to the same civil liberties and protections in regard to access to education. until that decision, it was legal to segregate schools according to race, so that black students could not attend the same schools as white students.   an older supreme court decision, plessy v. ferguson (1896), had said that separate, segregated public facilities were acceptable as long as the facilities offered were equal in quality.   in the case of brown v. board of education, that standard was challenged and defeated.   segregation was shown to create inequality, and the supreme court unanimously ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

the ruling was important in advancing civil rights because it affirmed that the 14th amendment applies to all rights and privileges of citizens, including access to   education.   this was being violated by states whose laws supported the segregation of schools.   section 1 of the 14th amendment reads as follows: