One of the great things about working on an ambulance is that I go all over the greater Seattle area. I don't always have my camera with me, but I happened to get a picture of downtown from Providence Mt. St. Vincent in West Seattle. The most prominent features are the Columbia Tower (toward the right of downtown) and the Space Needle on the left. I estimated they were about 20 degrees apart, and the actual distance between the two is about 2 km, so assuming an isosceles triangle, what is the distance between this point and downtown? It should be about 6 km. Right? Right.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Math Story Problem
One of the great things about working on an ambulance is that I go all over the greater Seattle area. I don't always have my camera with me, but I happened to get a picture of downtown from Providence Mt. St. Vincent in West Seattle. The most prominent features are the Columbia Tower (toward the right of downtown) and the Space Needle on the left. I estimated they were about 20 degrees apart, and the actual distance between the two is about 2 km, so assuming an isosceles triangle, what is the distance between this point and downtown? It should be about 6 km. Right? Right.
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