The distance from the top of Steve's head to the hoop is 13 feet.
How to calculate the distance from top of Steve's head to the hoop ?
Given information in the question is the height of basketball hoop is 10 feet, height of Steve 5 feet and the distance from hoop to him is 12 feet.
Therefore the distance from the top of Steve's head to the hoop is also 12 feet.
Also the distance from the top of Steve's head and the top of Hoop is (10 - 5) feet = 5 feet.
Therefore calculating the distance from top of Steve's head to the hoop by using Pythagoras Theorem -
Let the required distance is d feet .
⇒ [tex]d = \sqrt{12^{2} + 5^{2} }[/tex]
⇒ [tex]d = \sqrt{169} = 13[/tex] feet
Therefore the distance from the top of Steve's head to the hoop is 13 feet.
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