SOLUTION: On a sunny day, a tree and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 52 m long and the tree is 48 m tall, how long is the shadow?

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Question 327836: On a sunny day, a tree and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 52 m long and the tree is 48 m tall, how long is the shadow?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the Pythagorean theorem,
48%5E2%2BS%5E2=52%5E2
2304%2BS%5E2=2704
S%5E2=400
S=20
The shadow is 20 m long.