SOLUTION: My question is how can I provide an example of day to day situation that involves right triangles and the use of theorem? This is not from the textbook, its just a discussion quest

Question 198821: My question is how can I provide an example of day to day situation that involves right triangles and the use of theorem? This is not from the textbook, its just a discussion question.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use your imagination. Look around you for right triangle shapes that might require you to calculate the measure of one of the sides. This is an exercise where your instructor wants you to think, and we aren't going to do that for you.
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