Question

On a zip-line course, you are harnessed to acable that travels through the treetops. Youstart at platform A and zip to each of the otherplatforms. How far do you travel from Platform B to Platform C?The distance from platform B to platform C is approximately _____meters.(Round to the nearest tenth of a meter as needed.)

Answer 1

we know that

The distance between ywo points is giving by the formula

`d=√((y2-y1)^2+(x2-x1)^2)`

in this problem we need to calculate the distance between B and C

so

looking at the graph

B(-35,-20)=(x1,y1)

C(-20,5)=(x2,y2)

substitute in the formula

`\begin{gathered} d=√((5+20)^2+(-20+35)^2) \\ d=√((25)^2+(15)^2) \\ d=√(850) \\ d=29.2\text{ m} \end{gathered}`