SOLUTION: A customer wants to make a teepee in his backyard for his children. He plans to use lengths of PVC plumbing pipe for the supports on the teepee, and he wants the teepee to be 12 fe

Question 144882: A customer wants to make a teepee in his backyard for his children. He plans to use lengths of PVC plumbing pipe for the supports on the teepee, and he wants the teepee to be 12 feet across and 8 feet tall (see figure). How long should the pieces of PVC plumbing pipe be?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TRIAGLE WITH A SIDE=6 FEET & A HEIGHT=8.
6^2+8^2=H^2
36+64=H^2
100=H^2
H=SQRT100
H=10 LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE OR THE PVC PIPE.
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