SOLUTION: Three students are standing at different places on the playground. Sally is at the swings and Jimmy is 5 feet belowo her at the see-saw. kathy is 12 feet left of Jimmy at the jun

Question 35581: Three students are standing at different places on the playground. Sally is at the swings and Jimmy is 5 feet belowo her at the see-saw. kathy is 12 feet left of Jimmy at the jungle gym. How far is Kathy form Sally? (hint: draw a picture first.)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Three students are standing at different places on the playground. Sally is at the swings and Jimmy is 5 feet belowo her at the see-saw. kathy is 12 feet left of Jimmy at the jungle gym. How far is Kathy form Sally? (hint: draw a picture first.)
Yes, draw the picture. You should get a right triangle.
One side is 5; the second is 12.
Let the third side be "x".
Using Pythagoras you get:
x^2= 5^2 + 12^2
x^2= 25+144= 169
x=13 feet (distance Sally is from Kathy)
Cheers,
Stan H.
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