Question

there is a coastguard, a lighthouse, and a ship, they form a right triangle with their distances, with the ship above the light house, and the coastguard to the left of both of them, the distance between the light house and the coastguard (leg a) is 400 yards, the distance between the coastguard and the ship (the hypotenuse) is 500 yards, the distance between the lighthouse and the ship (leg b) is unknown.

how far from the lighthouse to the ship?:____
a correct statement:____
use the options below to fill in the blanks
the distance from the coastguard to the ship must be the shortest distance
24.5 yards
490 ft
from the lighthouse to the coastguard must be the shortest distance
20 yards
from the coastguard to the lighthouse must be the longest distance
300 yards
the distance from the coastguard to the ship must be the longest distance

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

How far from the lighthouse to the ship?: 300 yards

A correct statement: From the coastguard to the ship must be the longest distance.