Question

A 32-m tall building casts a shadow the distance from the top of the building to the tip of the shadow is 34 m find the length of the shadow if necessary round your answer to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

You can find this answer by simply doing the reverse of the Pythagorean Theorem. The formula for Pythagorean Theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2, so the reverse would be b^2=c^2-a^2. All we have to do is substitute in the numbers and solve.

b^2=c^2-a^2

b^2=36^2-32^2

b^2=272

sqrt(b^2) sqrt(272)

b=16.492

Since we are rounding to the nearest tenth, our answer will be 16.5 meters.