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You are parasailing. After getting airborne and reaching cruising speed, you are 65 feet directly behind the boat. The tow line from the parasail to the boat is 170 feet. How high are you above the water? Round your answer to the nearest foot. You and your friend live on opposite sides of a lake. To ride your bicycle to your friend's house, you travel 0.7 miles directly east, then 2.4 miles directly south. How far is it to your friend's house by boat? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a mile. miles A ladder is leaning against a house. The base of the ladder is 5 ft from the house and the ladder is 18 ft long. How high up the side of the house does the ladder reach? 19.2 ft. 17.3 ft. 15.6 ft. 18.4 ft.
inches A soccer player makes a corner kick to another player. The path of the kicked ball is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. The length of one leg is 11 yards, yards does the player kick the ball? yards To get from Point A to Point B, you must avoid walking through a pond. Therefore, you must walk 34 meters south and then 41 meters east. To the nearest meter, how many meters would be saved if you could walk through the pond? meters |