Jared just completed a race and is standing 15 feet across the finish line. Michael is still running the race and he has 30 feet to go Student A says that Jared and Michael are 45 feet away from each other student B says they are 15 feet away from each other

Who is correct
Explain your reasoning and write a numerical expression to justify your answer

Student A is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

A is correct as Michael is 30ft behind the finish line and Jared is 15 feet past it.

2.2°  

step-by-step explanation:

let θ = the angle of elevation.

tanθ =77/2020

tanθ = 0.038 12

      θ = tan⁻¹0.038 12

      θ = 2.2°

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!