Asked by yo mama

Two boats labeled A and B floating on a body of water. A diagonal dashed line extends from point A through point C to point E. Another boat is at point B, directly above point C, and a vertical dashed segment connects them. A horizontal dashed segment from D to E is also perpendicular to the vertical line, forming a right angle at D. .

Given that AB¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ =9
𝐴
𝐵
¯

=
9
units in length and BC¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯=12
𝐵
𝐶
¯
=
12
units in length, how many units is CE¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
𝐶
𝐸
¯
?

(1 point)
Responses

24
24

21
21

6
6

15

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
15

Reason: The configuration gives a right triangle with legs 9 and 12, so CE = sqrt(9^2 + 12^2) = sqrt(81 + 144) = sqrt(225) = 15.