For Amazon, the distance between the poles is the distance necessary to cause the governments to shut down all retail competitors and force everyone to shop online with Amazon. No geometry required!
The solution can be approximated using the Pythagorean Theorem: C**2 = A**2 + B**2
1) The distance from one of the poles to the midpoint between them is A.
2) The distance from the midpoint of the imaginary line connecting the tops of the two poles to the low point of the cable is necessarily 40 meters, which is B is the formula (50 = 40 + 10.)
3) The distance from the top of one of the poles to the low point of the cable is approximately 40 meters (but is less than that, because the cable is necessarily longer than the straight-line distance.)
So the approximate answer is computed by solving the formula for A as the unknown, and then multiplying the result by 2:
~40**2 = A**2 + 40**2 (where "~40" means "approximately 40, but less than that.)
=> A**2 = ~40**2 - 40**2.
=> A**2 = a small number less than 0.
=> A = a small number less than 0.
=> 2A = a small number less than 0.
But that means that the separation between the poles has to be zero, because a negative distance of separation between the two poles makes no physical sense.
A simpler way to reason is that it must be a trick question because it is a very difficult problem involving physics and math if the answer isn't zero.
I could give a much more precise answer with more precise measurements such as 50.0 feet and 10.0 feet. With only one significant figure, the range is possible answers is quite large. If 50 means anything between 45.1 and 54.9, then my answer would have quite a range, appearing almost comical. If these measurements are accurate to 2 significant figures instead of just 1, my range of possible answers is much more manageable.
1 - 1.25 inches on my phone screen
Never mind DEI. Give this man a job!!
They are next to each other. No distance between them.
This is my answer as well
Zero.
For Amazon, the distance between the poles is the distance necessary to cause the governments to shut down all retail competitors and force everyone to shop online with Amazon. No geometry required!
I only want to be pen pals with amazon, they can send me money.
The solution can be approximated using the Pythagorean Theorem: C**2 = A**2 + B**2
1) The distance from one of the poles to the midpoint between them is A.
2) The distance from the midpoint of the imaginary line connecting the tops of the two poles to the low point of the cable is necessarily 40 meters, which is B is the formula (50 = 40 + 10.)
3) The distance from the top of one of the poles to the low point of the cable is approximately 40 meters (but is less than that, because the cable is necessarily longer than the straight-line distance.)
So the approximate answer is computed by solving the formula for A as the unknown, and then multiplying the result by 2:
~40**2 = A**2 + 40**2 (where "~40" means "approximately 40, but less than that.)
=> A**2 = ~40**2 - 40**2.
=> A**2 = a small number less than 0.
=> A = a small number less than 0.
=> 2A = a small number less than 0.
But that means that the separation between the poles has to be zero, because a negative distance of separation between the two poles makes no physical sense.
yeah it’s zero.
How can the answer be zero when there is obviously space between the two poles?
The hanging cable would necessarily be half-circular: 50-10 (40) x 2 half diameters which is 80 m
A simpler way to reason is that it must be a trick question because it is a very difficult problem involving physics and math if the answer isn't zero.
I could give a much more precise answer with more precise measurements such as 50.0 feet and 10.0 feet. With only one significant figure, the range is possible answers is quite large. If 50 means anything between 45.1 and 54.9, then my answer would have quite a range, appearing almost comical. If these measurements are accurate to 2 significant figures instead of just 1, my range of possible answers is much more manageable.
If you use a circumference of 2x80=160 m
Amazon is inclusive. There are many paths up the mountain.
But not this one
50 m
Go fish
My best guess is 30 meters
Close enough. You're hired
Explains Amazon pretty well.
Yes! Unfortunately we already hired Freeq 'O Nature for the global leadership position