An office worker is on the second floor of a building 30 feet above the ground floor. A custodial worker is on one of the underground floors, 45 feet below ground level. Write and integer that represents the custodial worker’s position relative to the office worker’s position. Which worker is farther from the ground floor?

hello from mrbilldoesmath!

answer:   x^2 + y^2 = 1024

discussion:

the equation of a circle with center (h,k) and radius "r" is

(x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2.

in our case

(x-0)^2 + (y-0) ^2 = 32^2 = 1024

you,

mrb

the ratio would be 4: 3, the four being for jackson, and the three being not for him.

a≈380.13mi² would be your answer if the radius was 11 miles