Chapter 6, Problem 16PT

To determine

To calculate:Tofind how far is the walk from Gone Fishin’ to the Cake Walk

Answer to Problem 16PT

Gone Fishin’ is $3$ yards far from Cake Walk

Explanation of Solution

Given information: In the map of Field Games, the triangles are similar.

Calculation:

Map of field games is given as follows:

Let the distance between Gone Fishin’ and Cake Walk be $x$

Here, triangles are similar, thus corresponding sides of triangles are proportional

Thus,

$\frac{x}{5}=\frac{6}{10}$

On solving the above proportional,

$\begin{array}{l}x\times 10=6\times 5\\ x=\frac{6\times 5}{10}\\ x=\frac{6\times 1}{2}\\ x=\frac{3\times 1}{1}\\ x=3\end{array}$

Hence, Gone Fishin’ is $3$ yards far from Cake Walk.