SOLUTION: A 6m pole is to be stabilized by tying 6.5m of steel cable from a stake in the ground to a point 1m from the top of the polr. If 1, of cable is to be used for tying purposes, how f

Question 134838: A 6m pole is to be stabilized by tying 6.5m of steel cable from a stake in the ground to a point 1m from the top of the polr. If 1, of cable is to be used for tying purposes, how far from the base of the pole should the stake be placed?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think you meant to say 1 meter of cable is to be used for tying. At least I hope so, because I don't know how long 1, is.

1 meter down from the top of the pole makes one side of the triangle 5 meters. Using 1 meter of the 6.5 meter cable for tying leaves 5.5 meters for the hypotenuse of the triangle.

Pythagoras says: where and

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