Question

Two chimneys 16m and 13m high stand upright on a ground. If their feet are 4m apart, then find the distance between their tops

Answer 1

Answer:

at the top of 13m chimney the perpendicular distance will still be 4m and on 16m chimney only 3m of top will be left from 13m perpendicular level

so a right angled triangle is formed with base = 4m and height = 3m ..just visualize it yourself

then hypotenuse = distance between the tops

so h^2 = perpendicualr^2 + base^2

h^2 = 3^2 + 14^2

h^2 = 9+16

h^2 = 25

h = 25 ^ 1/2

h = 5m

so the distance between the tops of chimneys is 5m

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