SOLUTION: A wire is stretched from the ground to the top of an antenna tower. The wire is 30 feet long. The height of the tower is 6ft greater than the distance d from the towers base to th

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Question 1145157: A wire is stretched from the ground to the top of an antenna tower. The wire is 30 feet long. The height of the tower is 6ft greater than the distance d from the towers base to the end of the wire. Find the distance d and the height of the tower
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The wire, hypotenuse 30 Tower height d+6 base to wire at ground d

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Answer by ikleyn(53937) (Show Source):
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It is a (3,4,5) right angled triangle, with the hypotenuse of 30 ft (wire), vertical leg of 24 ft (tower height) and the horizontal leg of 18 ft (on the ground). ANSWER. The distance d is 18 ft. CHECK. + = 576 + 324 = 900; = 900. ! Correct !