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16 June, 05:51

Blake is setting up his tent at a renaissance fair. If the tent is 8 feet tall and the tether can be staked no more than 2 feet from the tent, how long should the tether be?

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  1. 16 June, 09:29
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    The stake, height and tether length of the tent form a right angle triangle where the tether length is the hypotenuse.

    Applying Pythagoras theorem:

    length² = height² + (stake distance) ²

    length = √ (8² + 2²)

    length = 8.5 feet
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