SOLUTION: Kelly is mountain climbing with Jenny and has just climbed a 6-meter vertical rock face. Jenny is standing at the bottom of the cliff, looking up at Kelly. If Jenny is 9 meters awa
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Question 1102091: Kelly is mountain climbing with Jenny and has just climbed a 6-meter vertical rock face. Jenny is standing at the bottom of the cliff, looking up at Kelly. If Jenny is 9 meters away from Kelly, how far away from the cliff is Jenny standing? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance from Kelly to Jenny is
the hypotenuse, , of a right triangle.
m
Let the height that Kelly has climbed =
m
Let the distance from Jenny to the cliff =
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Use the pythagorean theorem
Jenny is 6.708 m from the cliff
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check:
OK
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