Question

A crow sitting on the top of a pole 10 m high flies to take a piece of bread
lying at a distance of 24m from the foot of the pole. What is the shortest
distance that it has to fly?

Answer 1

Answer:

From the question, we know:

Height of the pole= 10m

Distance between the foot of the pole and the piece of bread= 24m

Let the shortest distance that the crow has to fly to take the piece of bread be "X"

Using Pythagoras Theorem:

X^2= 24^2+ 10^2

X^2= 576 + 100

X^2= 676

X= √676

X= 26m

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