document.write( "Question 1208478: A hummingbird's nest is 12 meters high in a tree and a flower is on the ground 5 meters away from the base of the tree. How far will the hummingbird need to fly to get from its nest to the flower?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #846918 by ikleyn(52781) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The shortest distance between two points is the straight line, connecting the points.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Surely, the hummingbird, being a disciplined rational creature, will choose the straight line to fly.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, this problem is about a triangle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You may even make one step forward and to see (or to guess/to recognize) a right-angled triangle here.\r\n" );
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document.write( "As soon as you identify a right angled triangle, apply the Pythagorean formula   \r\n" );
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document.write( "    d =  =  =  = 13 meters.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "(5,12,13)  is a Pythagorean triple,  next after  (3,4,5).\r\n" );
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