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Answer:
The distance between the base of the tree and the flower is 9m
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, we have to paint a picture.
The flower is on the ground, the height of the tree is 12m.
The distance from the nest to the flower on the floor is 15m
Indisputably, what we have is a right angled triangle, with the height being 12m, the length of the hypotenuse being 15 and we are asked to calculate the adjacent which represents the distance from the base of the tree to the flower
To get this distance, we simply apply the Pythagoras’ theorem which states that the square of the hypotenuse(longest side of the triangle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Thus mathematically, we know that our hypotenuse is 15m and the height is 12m
The length we are to calculate is the adjacent and it is equal to;
15^2 - 12^2
= 225 - 144
= 81
The length is thus
√(81) = 9m
Please check attachment for a diagrammatic picture of the triangle
Answer:
The lines L1 and L2 neither parallel nor perpendicular
Step-by-step explanation:
* Lets revise how to find a slope of a line
- If a line passes through points (x1 , y1) and (x2 , y2), then the slope
of the line is
- Parallel lines have same slopes
- Perpendicular lines have additive, multiplicative slopes
( the product of their slopes is -1)
* Lets solve the problem
∵ L1 passes through the point (1 , 10) and (-1 , 7)
- Let (1 , 10) is (x1 , y1) and (-1 , 7) is (x2 , y2)
∴ x1 = 1 , x2 = -1 and y1 = 10 , y2 = 7
∴ The slope of L1 is
∵ L2 passes through the point (0 , 3) and (1 , 5)
- Let (0 , 3) is (x1 , y1) and (1 , 5) is (x2 , y2)
∴ x1 = 0 , x2 = 1 and y1 = 3 , y2 = 5
∴ The slope of L2 is
∵ m1 = 3/2 and m2 = 2
- The two lines have different slopes and their product not equal -1
∴ The lines L1 and L2 neither parallel nor perpendicular