SAILING A sailboats mast and boom form a right angle. The sail itself, called a

Chapter 10, Problem 42

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SAILING A sailboats mast and boom form a right angle. The sail itself, called a mainsail, is in the shape of a right triangle. If the edge of the mainsail that is attached to the mast is 100 feet long and the edge of the mainsail that is attached to the boom is 60 feet long, what is the length of the longest edge of the mainsail?

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