Question

A helicopter floats 120m above a helipad, a dog is 85m from the helipad, if the dog could fly, how far would it have to fly to get to helicopter?

Answer 1

If the dog could fly, it would need to fly 147 meters to catch the helicopter

This is a rather easy and straightforward question. We are going to solve it using Pythagoras theorem. We can interpret the question to be in a triangle where the height of the helicopter above the helipad and away from the dog is the right angle. This also means that the distance needed, between the dog and the helicopter is the hypotenuse.

Using pythagoras theorem, we have

120² + 85² = c²

c² = 14400 + 7225

c² = 21625

c = $\sqrt{21625}$

c = ±147 meters.

Since distance cant be in the negative, our answer is 147 m

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