SOLUTION: To determine the width of a pond, a surveyor locates two stakes at either end of the pond and uses instrumentation to place a third stake so that the distance across the pond is th

Question 189931: To determine the width of a pond, a surveyor locates two stakes at either end of the pond and uses instrumentation to place a third stake so that the distance across the pond is the length of a hypotenuse. If the third stake is 90m from one stake and 70m from the other, what is the distance across the pond?
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To determine the width of a pond, a surveyor locates two stakes at either end of the pond and uses instrumentation to place a third stake so that the distance across the pond is the length of a hypotenuse. If the third stake is 90m from one stake and 70m from the other, what is the distance across the pond?
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distance = sqrt[90^2 + 70^2]
distance = 114.0175 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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