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Jill took a photograph of a plane taking off. Her mother is an air-traffic controller and was able to estimate the measurements shown. How far is the plane above the ground? Round to the nearest yard?

56 yards

75 yards

40 yards

60 yards

Jill took a photograph of a plane taking off. Her mother is an air-traffic controller-example-1

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Probably 75 I think hope this helps
User Bruce Martin
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Answer:

75 yards .

Explanation:

Let 90 yards be h ,50 yards be b and remaining side be p

h^2 = p^2 + b^2

90×90=p^2+50×50

90×90-50×50=p^2

root 5600=p

p=74.833

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