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Geometry word problem...help please?

  • Stan is standing on the bank of a river wearing a baseball cap. Standing erect and looking directly at the other bank, he pulls the bill of his cap down until it just obscures his vision of the opposite bank. He then turns around, being careful not to disturb the cap, and picks out a spot that is just obscured by the bill of his cap. He then paces off the distance to this spot and claims that the distance across the river is approximately equal to the distance he paced. Is Stan’s claim true? Why?

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    More than likely his claim is false. The only way that his claim would be true is if the terrain in the 2 directions that he looked were of equal elevation. Just because his brim is obscuring the view doesn't at all mean its the same distance. he could have turned around and looked directly into a steep hill which would have still been obscured by his brim!

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More than likely his claim is false. The only way that his claim would be true is if the terrain in the 2 directions that he looked were of equal elevation. Just because his brim is obscuring the view doesn't at all mean its the same distance. he could have turned around and looked directly into a steep hill which would have still been obscured by his brim!

Stuart H

not sure but i took geometry last year and i think the answer might be yes because the spots are equidistant from the starting point. but not sureee

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not sure but i took geometry last year and i think the answer might be yes because the spots are equidistant from the starting point. but not sureee

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