SOLUTION: A television tower has a guy wire attached 6 meters from the top of the tower and secured to the ground 40 meters from the base of the tower. If the guy wire is 50 meters in length
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: A television tower has a guy wire attached 6 meters from the top of the tower and secured to the ground 40 meters from the base of the tower. If the guy wire is 50 meters in length, how tall is the tower?
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Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a^2+b^2=c^2
a^2+40^2=50^2
This is a 3-4-5 right triangle so we know a=30 but we will do the math. Remember this for the SAT test so you don't have to do the math.
a^2+1600=2500
a^2=900
a=30
30+6=36 m Answer
Ed
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