SOLUTION: a stage is set according to the folowing specifications. A chair is placed at point b and the lamp at point c. If the distance from A to B is 8ft. and the distance from A to C is 7

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Question 141209: a stage is set according to the folowing specifications. A chair is placed at point b and the lamp at point c. If the distance from A to B is 8ft. and the distance from A to C is 7 ft, what is the distance from the table (point B) to the lamp (point C)?

Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
without at least one angle, you are toast. Are the 3 points going to make a right triangle? Is an angle given at any vertex?
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