A flying squirrel lives in a nest that is 9 meters high in a tree. To reach a fallen acorn that is 4 meters from the base of the tree, how far will the flying squirrel have to glide? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Flying squirrel have to glide is for 9.8 meters approximately.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we can use Pythagoras theorem.

Height is 9 , base is 4.

We need to find the hypotenuse measure.

So, let's use Pythagoras theorem

Plug in a as 9 and b 4.

Simplify the left side of the equation

Take square root on both sides.

c=9.8 meters.

take it another

x =±sqrt(1/3)

step-by-step explanation:

x+4/6x=1/x

multiply each side by 6x to get rid of the fractions

6x*(x+4/6x)=1/x*6x

distribute

6x^2 +4 = 6

subtract 4 from each side

6x^2 +4-4 = 6-4

6x^2 =2

divide by 6

6x^2/6 = 2/6

x^2 = 1/3

take the square root of each side

sqrt(x^2) = ±sqrt(1/3)

x =±sqrt(1/3)