document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=476222>Question 476222</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you write and solve this as a word problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A scuba diver has a taut rope connecting the dive boat to an anchor on the ocean floor. The rope is 120 feet long. The water is 65 feet deep. To the nearest tenth of a foot, how far is the anchor from a point directly below the boat?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I tried before:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I put this in a triangle form and tried to use trigonometric ratios to solve, but that didn't work. I tried putting the triangle in a regular ratio but that did not work either.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You do not even need trigonometry. By the Pythagorean theorem,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 65^2 + x^2 = 120^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x = \sqrt{120^2 - 65^2} \approx 100.9 ft\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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