The ladder is carried across a corner of a soccer pitch. The man steps on to the soccer pitch 3.5 m from the corner and off when 2.7 m from the corner. What distance did he save by walking across this way instead of walking around the corner?

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disco619 · Answer

Is there a diagram?

anonymous · Answer

No, this is all the information given.

anonymous · Answer

Oh and the ladder is 4m long.

anonymous · Answer

I have no idea how theyre putting the ladder, and where and how is the man walking.

disco619 · Answer

I guess i might know how to make the diagram, hmm

anonymous · Answer

theres just 15 mins left. :D

disco619 · Answer

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I don't know why they have given the Length of the Ladder o.O
Maybe it is the Hypotenuse?

anonymous · Answer

no its for the first part. ive done it already.

anonymous · Answer

so what distance did he save?
and yes maybe hypotenuse.

anonymous · Answer

cant be hypotenuse tho.

anonymous · Answer

cause ladder is actually just 4m long, while hyp comes to be 4.4

anonymous · Answer

how are they using the ladder?

disco619 · Answer

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To find the Hypotenuse of this triangle we will use the Pythagoras Theorem.

$$a ^{2} + b ^{2} = c ^{2}$$