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Physics—Sight Lines: In a forest fire tower, the distance that an observer is able to see...

Physics—Sight Lines: In a forest fire tower, the distance that an observer is able to see into the forest is related to the height of the fire tower via the function

where x represents the height of the tower in feet, and f(x) represents the distance that the observer can see in miles.

(a) Evaluate g(70) and interpret.


(b) If the observer is required to see 29 miles into the forest, how high must the tower be?

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