SOLUTION: North Avenue is 32 feet wide when it ends at Main Street. A 68 foot long diagonal crosswalk allows pedestrains to cross Main Street to or from either corner of North Avenue. Determ
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Question 615028: North Avenue is 32 feet wide when it ends at Main Street. A 68 foot long diagonal crosswalk allows pedestrains to cross Main Street to or from either corner of North Avenue. Determine the width of Main Street. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! North Avenue is 32 feet wide when it ends at Main Street.
A 68 foot long diagonal crosswalk allows pedestrians to cross Main Street to or from either corner of North Avenue.
Determine the width of Main Street.
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This is a pythag problem; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Where
a = 32 ft, width of n. ave
b = width of main street
c = 68 ft cross walk
:
32^2 + b^2 = 68^2
b^2 = 68^2 - 32^2
b =
b = 60 ft is the width of Main
