Question

A man standing near the base of a tower shouts to a woman on the top of the tower. The height of the tower is 5, as is the man’s distance from the base of the tower is 8. How far away is he from the woman, denoted by the blue line in the picture below? The picture below is not drawn to scale.

Answer 1

Please include the picture.

Answer 2

pythagoras for this right triangle

\[8^2+5^2=h^2\]

Answer 3

you can just about do it in your head
eight squared is 64
five square is 25
\(64+25=89\) your answer is \(\sqrt{89}\) whatever that is

Answer 4

thanks.

Answer 5

yw