Question

Show work. Due in 5 hours.

Answer 1

PART A uses Pythagoras. Because you are finding the short side you do 8 squared and 10 squared (100 and 64) and subtract them to get 36. You then do the square root of 36 to get 6 which is the answer!

Answer 2

Part A:

6 feet

Part B:

Around 9.17 feet

Part C:

Around 3 feet

Explanation:

Part A:

The Pythagorean Theorem (which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2), is the simpilist way to solve this. a = 8; c = 10. so, the problem becomes (64 + b^2 = 100). Subtract 64 from both sides to get (b^2 = 36). Square root both sides to get (b = 6).

Part B:

Using the same method, but with different measurements:

(a^2 + b^2 = c^2)

(16 + b^2 = 100)

(b^2 = 84)

(b = 9.17)

Part C:

The difference of 9.17 and 6 is 3.17. Therefore, the closest foot is 3. Hope this helps! Have a great day! :)