26 Diego needs to install a support beam to hold up his new birdhouse, as modeled below. The base of the birdhouse is 24 inches long. The support beam will form an angle of 38° with the
vertical post. Determine and state the approximate length of the support beam, x, to the
nearest inch.

Andy wants to find the distance d across a river. he located points as shown in the figure, then use similar triangles to find that d = 223.5 feet. how can you tell without calculating that he must be wrong? tell what you think he did wrong and correct his error. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. andy must have used the wrong . the distance d is actually feet.