Question

Adrian is standing on the ground 12 ft from the base of a tree that is 5 ft tall. sofi is standing on the ground 8 ft closer to the base of the tree than adrian. what’s the distance from adrian’s location on the ground to the top of the tree? what’s the distance from sofi’s location on the ground to the top of the tree?

Answer 1

Adrian is 13ft. Sofi is 9.33ft.

Explanation:

There are two right triangles here. We use Pythagorean theorem. 12^2 plus 5^2=c^2. 144 plus 25= 169. Square root of 169 is 13. He is 13ft from the top which is the hypotenuse. She is 8^2 plus 5^2=c^2. This is 64 plus 25. C= the √89. This is 9.33ft.