Question

Three ballet dancers are position on stage. If Tina is 7 feet straight behind Maria and 6 feet directly left of Shawn, how far is Maria from Shawn? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

First let's draw an image to represent this situation:

In order to find the distance between Maria and Shawn, we can use the Pythagorean theorem in the right triangle created. So we have:

$\begin{gathered} x^2=7^2+6^2 \\ x^2=49+36 \\ x^2=85 \\ x=\sqrt[]{85}=9.22 \end{gathered}$

Rounding to the nearest tenth, the distance is 9.2 feet.