document.write( "Question 409096: Trevor launched a rocket in the soccer field. it landed 22 feet above the ground in a tree. if the rocket and trevor are 25 feet apart, what is the distance between trevor and the tree? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Trevor launched a rocket in the soccer field, landing 22 feet above the ground in a tree
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document.write( "if the rocket and trevor are 25 feet apart, find distance between trevor and the tree
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document.write( "Let x represent distance between trevor and the tree
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document.write( " Using the Pythagorean Theorem
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document.write( "  x^2 = 25^2 - 22^2
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document.write( "  x = sqrt(141)= 11.8743 ft
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