On the school playground, the slide is 4 meters due west of the tire swing and 9 meters due south of the monkey bars. What is the distance between the tire swing and the monkey bars? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth. meters

On the school playground, the slide is 4 meters due west of the tire swing and 9 meters due south of the monkey bars. What is the distance between the tire swing and the monkey bars? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth. meters

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Chapter3: Additional Topics In Trigonometry

Section3.2: Law Of Cosines

Problem 1ECP: Find the three angles of the triangle whose sides have lengths a=6 centimeters, b=8 centimeters, and...

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On the school playground, the slide is 4 meters due west of the tire swing and 9 meters due
south of the monkey bars. What is the distance between the tire swing and the monkey bars?
If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
meters

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