SOLUTION: You are lying 120 ft away from a tree that is 50 feet tall. You look up at the top of the tree. Approximately how far is your hear from the top of the tree in a straight line?
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Question 457358: You are lying 120 ft away from a tree that is 50 feet tall. You look up at the top of the tree. Approximately how far is your hear from the top of the tree in a straight line?
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what is the hypotenuse of the right triangle with legs 50 ft and 120 feet?
a^2+b^2=c^2
50^2+120^2=c^2
But you should see that this is a 10 times multiple of the classic 5,12,13 right triangle.
So the hypotenuse is 130 feet.
