Jamie is trying to measure distance between 2 lakes shown on a map calculate the distance to the nearest meter?

Question

The diagram given is a triangle and it appears the lakes are at the ends of "c squared" . we r given vales for sidea a and b/ so we used info given: a sq. + b sq. = c sq. a = 245 + b = 198 60025+39204=sq. root of 99229 c~ 315 meters

Answer 1

Is triangle a right triangle:

 

  Why don't you wright in algebraic form, so you and the rest should see what you are doing.

 

  so you had

 

  a^2 + b^2 = c^2     / assumed that it is a right triangle.

 

  Then you wrought

 

   a + b = c   / which is wrong

 

   Pythagoras theorem: In a right triangle, areas of squares with sides of a triangle add up, not the lengths

                                   of the triangle.