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The problem is as followed-
Each year in an ancient land, a large river overflowed its banks, often destroying boundary markers. The royal surveyors used a rope with knots at 12 equal intervals to help reconstruct boundaries. Explain how a surveyor could use this rope to form a right angle. (Hint: Use the Pythagorean triple 3,4, and 5)
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I understand you would want to know what I think of this problem so far. I think one of the lengths of one ray of the angle is 3 and the other is 4. If it were a triangle the hypotenuse would be 5. However, once I read my answer it doesn't make sense... I know 3 times 4 equals 12? I don't know... Please help. Thank you so much Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
