SOLUTION: An overhead wire stretches from the service drop that is 20ft from the ground,on a building to an insulator on a pole 35 ft from the ground. How long is the wire if the pole and bu

Question 145818: An overhead wire stretches from the service drop that is 20ft from the ground,on a building to an insulator on a pole 35 ft from the ground. How long is the wire if the pole and building are 48 ft apart?(Assume ground is level.)Round answer to tenths.
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An overhead wire stretches from the service drop that is 20ft from the ground,on a building to an insulator on a pole 35 ft from the ground. How long is the wire if the pole and building are 48 ft apart?(Assume ground is level.)Round answer to tenths.
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The first thing you need to do is to draw a diagram!
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From your diagram, you'll notice that the ground, building and pole forms a "right triangle". Because it is a right triangle (one of the interior angle of the triangle is 90 deg), we can apply Pythagorean theorem.
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Let x = length of the overhead wire
then
x^2 = 48^2 + (35-20)^2
x^2 = 48^2 + 15^2
x^2 = 2304 + 225
x^2 = 2529
x = 50.3 ft

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