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Use this information to answer the following two questions. Mathew finds the deepest part of the pond to be 185 meters. Mathew wants to find the length of a pond. He picks three points and records the measurements, as shown in the diagram. Which measurement describes the depth of the pond? Hide All Z between 13 and 14 meters 36 m 14 m between 14 and 15 meters between 92 and 93 meters Х ag between 93 and 94 meters

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it's letter A. Between 13 and 14 meters

Because one side measure 14, and the height (depth) could not be

higher than 14 meters .

The length of the pond can be calculated using the Pythagorean theorem

length^2 = 36^2 + 14^2

length^2 = 1296 + 196

length^2 = 1492

length = 38.6 m

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