Question

Michelle is fishing from a small boat. A fish swimming at the same depth as the hook at the end of her fishing line is 16 meters away from the hook. If Michelle is 20 meters away from the fish, how far below Michelle is the hook?

Answer 1

Answer:

12 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

You have to use the inverse of the pythagorean theorem to do this so you do square root of (20x20-16x16) which is 12