SOLUTION: A car dealer advertised a big sale by stretching a string of bananas from the top of the building to the edge of the driveway. If the building is 16 m high and driveway is 31 m fro
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Question 137942: A car dealer advertised a big sale by stretching a string of bananas from the top of the building to the edge of the driveway. If the building is 16 m high and driveway is 31 m from the building, how long is the string of banners (to the nearest tenth)?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean theorem
a = 16, b = 31
So 34.9 meters of bananas ... that's quite a banana banner
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