Question

In a throw ball game, Ben, Ted, Mike and John are positioned at different points, as shown below.



Which of the following statements is correct?

A longer pass will be required between Ted and John than Ben and Mike.

A shorter pass will be required between Ted and John than Ben and Mike.

A shorter pass will be required between Ted and John than Ted and Mike.

A longer pass will be required between Ben and John than Ben and Mike.

Answer 1

@terenzreignz

Answer 2

A bit of a long explanation here. The gist of it is that there's a bigger angle on the triangle that relates Ted and John, than the angle on the triangle that relates Ben and Mike.

Answer 3

So, say we have a triangle.

Answer 4

ted and john will be the longer one

Answer 5

Notice that if we make the angle bigger, the one side becomes longer

Actually a lot more complex than that, but the gist of it is, the bigger the angle, the longer the side opposite it.

Answer 6

okay i get that part of it that u explained

Answer 7

That's it, then.
I need to go now. I'm sure there are some people here who are great at geometry ^.^
Seek them out.
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Terence out.

Answer 8

terence out:(v

Answer 9

k help we only worked it half way

Answer 10

@Callisto

Answer 11

I think the theorem at work here is the following:

If two sides of one triangle are congruent to two sides of another triangle and the included angle of the first is larger than the included angle of the second triangle, the third side of the first triangle is larger than the third side of the second triangle.

So, see which two people are opposite the larger angle. That is the longer distance.