5.13 1. As this tree grows, a wire is needed to support it against the wind. How long does the wire need to be to support the tree? 2. Hole 13 in a golf course is a Par 3, 181 yards from the tee to the hole. The diagram shows the location of the ball after being hit 180 yards. How far away from hole is the golf ball? 3. Flat Screen TVs are advertised by the length of their diagonal. A store has a sale on televisions that are 40 inches or larger. Is this flat screen on sale? Explain. 4. A tennis player asks the referee a question. The sound of the players voice travels only 30 feet. Can the referee hear the questions? Explain. (Hint: Find the difference between the height of the tennis player and the height of the referee.) 5. Hiking group A leaves a ranger station and hikes 8 kilometers south and 6 kilometers west. Group B leaves the station and hikes 3 kilometers east then 4 kilometers north. Using the figure, how far apart are the two groups of hikers? 6. You and a friend stand back-­‐to-­‐back. You run 10 feet forward and then 7 feet to your right. At the same time, your friend runs 8 feet forward and then 6 feet to her right. She stops and hits you with a snowball. A. Draw the situation in a coordinate plane. You are standing back-­‐to-­‐back at (0,0). B. How far does your friend throw the snowball? 7. You ride your bicycle along the outer edge of a park. Then you take a shortcut back to where you started. Find the length of the shortcut. 8. There are 12 steps in the staircase. Find the distance form point A to point B (in feet). 9. Which airplane is closer to the airport? 1 km = 3280.84 ft. 10. What is the wingspan of the butterfly? 11. The base of a sale is 12 ft. long and the height is 14 ft. high. If the outside edge of the sail needs new trim how much trim needs to be purchased. 12. A box has a length of 3 inch, a width of 4 inches and a height of 12 inches. Can a lamp that is 12.5 inches tall be packed in the box? A. Draw and label a picture of the box. B. Will the lamp fit in the box? Explain. 13. A pack and sealed storage container used by NASA has a square base with a side length of 39.8 feet, and a height of 33 feet. What is the diagonal of the storage container? A. Draw and label a picture of the container. B. What is the diagonal?