A boy, 75 feet away from a building, is looking up at a bird who is sitting on the top of it. The building is 60 feet tall. If the boy could draw a straight line from himself to the bird, how far away from the bird is he (in feet)?

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anonymous · Answer

Use the Pythagorean Theorem. If you draw a triangle with 75ft as the base and 60ft as one side, the hypotenuse will be the line that you are after.

anonymous · Answer

diagram if possible

anonymous · Answer

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where x is the height of the building, y is the distance away from the building, and z is the hypotenuse

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