Alyssa Z.

asked • 02/20/21

To the nearest foot, how far does the car move along the roadway?

As a car moves along a section of the roadway in a mountain pass, it passes through a horizontal run of 950 feet and through a vertical rise of 35 feet.

To the nearest foot, how far does the car move along the roadway?


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Philip P. answered • 02/21/21

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Looks like a right triangle, so the distance the car moves is equal to the length of the hypotenuse. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse:


a2 + b2 = c2

(run)2 + (rise)2 = (hypotenuse)2


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Philip P.

950^2 + 35^2 = distance^2 902,500 + 1225 = distance^2 903,725 = distance^2 951 = distance (950.6445 rounded to the nearest foot)
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