SOLUTION: A hummingbird's nest is 12 meters high in a tree and a flower is on the ground 5 meters away from the base of the tree. How far will the hummingbird need to fly to get from its nes

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Question 1208478: A hummingbird's nest is 12 meters high in a tree and a flower is on the ground 5 meters away from the base of the tree. How far will the hummingbird need to fly to get from its nest to the flower?
Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The shortest distance between two points is the straight line, connecting the points.

Surely, the hummingbird, being a disciplined rational creature, will choose the straight line to fly.


So, this problem is about a triangle.


You may even make one step forward and to see (or to guess/to recognize) a right-angled triangle here.


As soon as you identify a right angled triangle, apply the Pythagorean formula   


    d =  =  =  = 13 meters.    ANSWER


(5,12,13)  is a Pythagorean triple,  next after  (3,4,5).

Solved.



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