A rope goes from one building to another. The distance between the buildings is 10m, and the rope is tied at each building at a point 8m and 4m from the ground. Find the length of the rope.

Answer 1

Did you make a sketch??
The difference in their connection points is 4 m.
and you have a triangle with base 10, height 4 and missing hypotenuse
x^2 = 4^2 + 10^2

carry on

Answer 2

thank you Reiny

Answer 3

12

Answer 4

Where does this 12 come from? sqrt(116) will be accepted in anything unless the question asks specifically for decimals or fractions

Answer 5

I agree with Reiny but i think why maria had a problem is because the question has very bad wording of what the buildings look like

Answer 6

a b or c