Question

George has 4.8m of timber he wishes to use to make steps. He needs 5 steps to rise a total height of 1.2m from the ground. He uses all the wood to construct the steps, including supports (represented by the lines in the diagram)

Calculate x:

Answer 1

the y's do not represent the blue lines

Answer 2

i tried to use pythagorean theorem but i got a different answer from that in the textbook

Answer 3

X = 0.5m I think.

Answer 4

no its not 0.5m

Answer 5

@skullpatrol

Answer 6

0.05m? What are the answers you have?

Answer 7

x = 0.32 and y = 0.37

Answer 8

No I mean as in

A. ??
B. ??

Or is this a text based question?

Answer 9

what do you mean exactly?

Answer 10

it has a diagram with the text

Answer 11

Try 0.28

Answer 12

i think the answers are incorrect in the textbook

Answer 13

They Might Be.

Answer 14

Is the width of the piece of wood given?

Answer 15

all the values are included in the diagram

Answer 16

x has to 1/5 of a.