SOLUTION: Eliza is in a hot air balloon that has just taken off and is now floating 14 meters above its launching point. Ofelia is standing on the ground 9 meters away from the launching poi

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Question 815594: Eliza is in a hot air balloon that has just taken off and is now floating 14 meters above its launching point. Ofelia is standing on the ground 9 meters away from the launching point how far apart are Eliza and Ofelia.
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Eliza is in a hot air balloon that has just taken off and is now floating 14 meters above its launching point. Ofelia is standing on the ground 9 meters away from the launching point how far apart are Eliza and Ofelia.
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It's a right triangle.
The distance between them is the hypotenuse.
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