SOLUTION: kai must buy canvas to make a sail for his sailboat. the sail will have the shape of a right angle. it will be as tall as the mast (the vertical pole) and as wide at the bottom as
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Question 267143: kai must buy canvas to make a sail for his sailboat. the sail will have the shape of a right angle. it will be as tall as the mast (the vertical pole) and as wide at the bottom as the boom (the horizontal pole). if the mast measures 9 meters, about how much canvas does kai need to buy?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
not enough info.
if you know of a relationship between the boom and the mast then we might have enough info.
Also a right angle is not the same as a right triangle.
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