Question

The 15 feet tree below casts a shadow that is 8 feet long. What is the distance from the tip of the tree to the tip of its shadow? *

Answer 1

17 feet

Explanation:

Answer 2

17 feet

Explanation:

To start, you can imagine the tree, it's shadow, and the distance between the tips to form a right triangle. Using the pythagorean theorem, you can find that that distance (the hypotenuse of this imaginary triangle) is
`√(15^2+8^2)=√(225+64)=√(289)=17` feet. Hope this helps!