kevin is designing a flag for the nature club as shown below. in his design, RQ equals 1 meter and PR equals 0.6 meter. What should be the value of PQ in meters?

A. 0.32
B. 0.80
C. 0.40
D. 1.17

Question

kevin is designing a flag for the nature club as shown below. in his design, RQ equals 1 meter and PR equals 0.6 meter. What should be the value of PQ in meters?

A. 0.32
B. 0.80
C. 0.40
D. 1.17

hotpinkgirl · Answer

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hotpinkgirl · Answer

@narissa @soprano.h.d0816 @MrNood @Ms-Brains

mrnood · Answer

you are obviously studying Pythagoras

can you identify the 'hypotenuse' of the flag triangle?

hotpinkgirl · Answer

how do u do that ?

mrnood · Answer

you don't 'do it' - you know it

which side is the hypotenuse?

hotpinkgirl · Answer

its R and Q

mrnood · Answer

I guess you mean the side joining R & Q

(this is normally written as RQ btw)

so the pythaogoras equation states that the 

(hypotenuse) ^2 = sum of t e square of the other 2 sides

or c^2 = a^2 + b^c    (where c is the hypotenuse) 

so you know 2 sides (0.6 m and 1 m)

can you put them into the equation above?

mrnood · Answer

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use the above diagram and my equation to put the known sides into the equation