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Joe is on a sidewalk 100ft away from the tree ,jim is on a perpendicular sidewalk 70ft from the tree how far away are they from earth other

User Thomas Chafiol
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Answer:

122 ft

Explanation:

The 100 ft and the 70 ft are two legs of a right triangle....their distance apart is the hypotenuse of this triangle ....use Pythagorean theorem

d^2 = 100^2 + 70 ^2

d = 122 ft

User JochenJung
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Answer:

30 ft

Explanation:

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