Emily needs your help with building a display for cakes. She wants to include a small roof over the display to provide some shade and protection from the elements. She is trying out different measurements to see what works best for the display. Emily draws a right triangle showing the height and base of one side of the roof. (Figure 1). She sends you a copy of the diagram along with a calculation that she needs your help with. A B 10 Figure 1 10

Emily needs your help with building a display for cakes. She wants to include a small roof over the display to provide some shade and protection from the elements. She is trying out different measurements to see what works best for the display. Emily draws a right triangle showing the height and base of one side of the roof. (Figure 1). She sends you a copy of the diagram along with a calculation that she needs your help with. A B 10 Figure 1 10

PREALGEBRA

15th Edition

ISBN:9781938168994

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Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter9: Math Models And Geometry

Section9.3: Use Properties Of Angles, Triangles, And The Pythagorean Theorem

Problem 108E: On a map, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles form a triangle whose sides the shown in the...

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