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How many of the 250 grandparents in the population would you expect to prefer online shopping with merchant a? merchant a: 4 merchant b: 6 merchant c: 2 merchant d: 3 other: 5 none: 5 answer choices: a.about 4 b.about 8 c.about 40 d.about 21

Asailor is looking at a kite. if he is looking at the kite at an angle of elevation of 36and the distance from the boat to the point where the kite is directly overhead is 40 feet, how high is the kite?

Which shows the correct solution of the equation 1/2a+2/3b=50, when b=30?