SOLUTION: Mia is mountain climbing with Helen and has just climbed a 33-foot vertical rock face. Helen is standing 56 feet away from the bottom of the cliff, looking up at Mia. How far away

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Question 1200358: Mia is mountain climbing with Helen and has just climbed a 33-foot vertical rock face. Helen is standing 56 feet away from the bottom of the cliff, looking up at Mia. How far away are Mia and Helen?
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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You are given a right triangle with the legs 33 ft and 56 ft.

Apply the Pythagorean theorem (the distance formula) to find the hypotenuse,
which is the desired distance.