You can indeed use similar triangles to get a side of another similar triangle.
let's say Edwardo stood next to the building and his shadow was 20ft, he's 4ft tall, and the building cast a shadow of 125ft, then, check the picture below.
Answer:
56% because the more sunny days the more likely it is to rain
I believe it would be the square root of 10 m
The correct answer to the question that you asked is 421.770876400 for the problem given.
Let's solve this problem step-by-step.
STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:
Let's first establish that the origin is always ( 0, 0 ).
Next, as shown in the diagram attached, we can establish that there is a right-angle triangle formed when we connect the different points given from the problem. We can use this to solve the problem.
As the shape is a right-angle triangle, we can use Pythagoras' Theorem which is as follows:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Where c = hypotenuse of the right-angle triangle
Where a and b = other two sides of the right-angle triangle which aren't the hypotenuse
From this, we will substitute the values from the problem into Pythagoras' Theorem.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
a = 12
b = 5
c = distance from the origin = d
THEREFORE:
( 12 )^2 + ( 5 )^2 = d^2
d^2 = 12^2 + 5^2
d^2 = 144 + 25
d^2 = 169
d = square root of ( 169 )
d = 13
FINAL ANSWER:
Therefore, the point ( 12, 5 ) is 13 units from the origin.
Hope this helps! :)
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