You are standing at point D in the diagram looking across the lake to point B. AADC is a right triangle and AC 1 BD. Point A is 84 yards from point B and point B is 189 yards from point C. What is the distance straight across the lake from your present position? B Lake Distance across the lake:
You are standing at point D in the diagram looking across the lake to point B. AADC is a right triangle and AC 1 BD. Point A is 84 yards from point B and point B is 189 yards from point C. What is the distance straight across the lake from your present position? B Lake Distance across the lake:
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Transcribed Image Text:You are standing at point D in the diagram looking
across the lake to point B. AADC is a right triangle and
AC 1 BD. Point A is 84 yards from point B and point B
is 189 yards from point C. What is the distance straight
across the lake from your present position?
A
D
B
Lake
Distance across the lake:
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