SOLUTION: To find the distance between AB across the pond one student suggest picking any point c, connecting with B, and then finding point D such as angle DCB is congruent to ACB and DC is
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Question 234565: To find the distance between AB across the pond one student suggest picking any point c, connecting with B, and then finding point D such as angle DCB is congruent to ACB and DC is congruent to AC. How and why does this help find the distance AB? Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The connection and angles and points as described in the word problem create two right triangles.
At point D, two 90-degree angles are formed.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we can find the distance from A to D.
Once we know this information, we can then proceed to find B to D.
Moving along the straight path from A to D to B, we complete the distance of the pond.
