Question

To indirectly measure the distance across a river, Nolan stands on one side of the river and uses sight-lines to a landmark on the opposite bank. Nolan draws the diagram below to show the lengths and angles that he measured. Find PRPR, the distance across the river. Round your answer to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

The length of PR to the nearest foot is 198.94 feet

Find the diagram attached

From the diagram, the triangle PRE and POC are similar triangles.

Let PR = x

Based on similarity theorem;

PR/RE = PR+RO/OC

x/135 = (x+140)/230

Cross multiply

230x = 135(x+ 140)

230x = 135x + 18,900

230x - 135x = 18,900

95x = 18900

x =18900/95

x = 198.94

Hence the length of PR to the nearest foot is 198.94 feet

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