SOLUTION: I need help answer this question: Mount Everest is 29,045 ft high. The base of the mountian is 3 miles from the centerline. How long is the climb in feet?

Question 133766: I need help answer this question:
Mount Everest is 29,045 ft high. The base of the mountian is 3 miles from the centerline. How long is the climb in feet?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have a right triangle. The vertical leg is 29,045 feet, the horizontal leg is 3 miles = feet, and the length of the climb is the hypotenuse, so using Pythagoras' Theorem:

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That is the exact answer. Roughly 33083.5 feet, but your least precise given measurement was given to the nearest mile, so 33083.5 is roughly 6.25 miles, rounded to the nearest mile is 6 miles. Numerical approximations for calculations based on measurements should never be stated more precisely than the least precise given measurement.

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