Question

I don't like doing this at all, can someone maybe explain this in a way so it isn't quite a foriegn language? Isabel wants to measure the width of a river. She marks off two right triangles. The base of the larger triangle has a length of 55m, and the base of the smaller triangle has a length of 31m. The height of the smaller triangle is 18.8m. How wide is the river? Round your answer to the nearest meter.

Answer 1

You are right, that question isn't explained well at all.

Answer 2

ok based on how it sounds maybe it looks something like this,