SOLUTION: Suzy wears a baseball cap all the time to emphasize that she is a tomboy. She’s always setting up a problem to solve. Today, she wants to figure out the distance across a nearby ri
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Question 417635: Suzy wears a baseball cap all the time to emphasize that she is a tomboy. She’s always setting up a problem to solve. Today, she wants to figure out the distance across a nearby river. It’s a cloudy day, so she can’t see the sun. Also she can’t swim, but she does have a yardstick. Suzy’s side of the river is an open field, dotted with small rocks. Can you suggest a way for her to find the distance without adding additional measuring tools? Please explain Answer by htmentor(809) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hint: Think about throwing rocks in the open field and measuring the distance of the throws with the yardstick.
