Question

Amiko is riding her bike on a wet street. As the bike wheel spins, water droplets are sprayed off tangent to the wheel. Amiko’s bike wheels have a radius of 12 inches. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance the water droplets have been sprayed when they are 13 inches from the center of the wheel.

Answer 1

well you know the radius and tangent meet at right angles so you have a right triangle

with hypotenuse 13 and shorter side 12

so you can say

\[13^2 = 12^2 + b^2\]

solve for b

Answer 2

yeah....what they said..

Answer 3

my options are:
5 sq root 2 inches
5inches
5 sq root 3
sq root 13

out of these which is my best option? thank you @campbelle_st @johnbc

Answer 4

@campbell_st

Answer 5

ok... so what is 13^2 - 12^2 =

that helps find the answer...

Answer 6

25?

Answer 7

great so whats the square root of 25...?

Answer 8

5

Answer 9

yep... thats it... well done...

Answer 10

ohh okay I was thinking it was more complicated! cool thank you! :)

Answer 11

lol... glad to help