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During a baskethall game, you want to pass the ball to either Player A or Player B. You estimate that Player B is about 15 feet from you, as shown. How far away from you is Player A?

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Answer: 19.2 ft

Explanation:

The distance between you, Player A and Player B are in the form of a right angled triangle so using the Pythagorean Rule, we can find the distance between you and Player A.

c² = a² + b²

c = hypotenuse = Distance between you and player A

a = Length of triangle

b = Height of triangle

c² = 12² + 15²

c² = 144 + 225

c = √369

c = 19.2 ft

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