Two hikers start a trip from a camp walking 15 miles due east. They turn north and walk 17 miles to a large pond. How far is the pond from base camp to the nearest tenth of a miles.

22.7 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The hikers start walking 15 miles due east and then they turn north and walk 17 miles to a large pond.

The shape of their journey can be represented as a right angled triangle, shown below.

To find the distance between the pond and the base camp, we need to find the hypotenuse of the triangle.

We can do this by using Pythagoras theorem:

where a and b are the other two sides of the triangle. Therefore:

The pond is 22.7 miles far from the base camp.

the equation cos(35) =a/25 can be used to find the length of bc what is the length of bc? round to the nearest tenth

step-by-step explanation:

question 1 is 8, question 2 is 9, question 3 is 24

step-by-step explanation:

now, the numbers they give you at the top are the key. from there, you just have to plug and chug! let's try 1, 2, and 3!

key: a=3, b=5, c=6

1. a+5

remember, a=3, so we plug that in to get 3+5=8

2. 15-c

c=6, so we plug that in to get 15-6=9

3. 4b

b=6, so we plug it in to get 4*6=24

time to try the rest on your own! if you put the answers below in a comment, i'll check them for you!