SOLUTION: A surveyor has poles A, B, and C set to form a right triangle with the right angle at B. If the distance from A to B is 35 meters and the distance from B to C is 25 meters, what is
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Question 608087: A surveyor has poles A, B, and C set to form a right triangle with the right angle at B. If the distance from A to B is 35 meters and the distance from B to C is 25 meters, what is the distance from A to C? He can't measure it because there is a deep pond between points A and C. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Do the arithmetic and round off appropriately. You didn't say if a particular precision was specified. In the absence of a precision specification, the correct way to to it is to round to the nearest whole meter because your input measurements were given to the whole meter.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
