Jeff and Jason are diving near a corral reef in the ocean. Jason is swimming along the bottom of the ocean floor 188.82 feet from the boat's anchor which lies directly below the boat at a depth of 172.22 feet. If Jeff is 20 feet directly above Jason, how far is Jeff from the boat? (round to nearest tenth)

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Chaney

7 February, 00:07

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Cason Schmidt · Answer 1

242.5 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Jeff's depth = 172.22 - 20 = 152.22

c2 = b2 + a2

c2 = 188.822 + 152.222

c = 242.536