SOLUTION: A vertical pole is to be supported by a wire that is 26 feet long and anchored 24 feet from the base of the pole. How far up the pole should the wire be attached?

Question 1798: A vertical pole is to be supported by a wire that is 26 feet long and anchored 24 feet from the base of the pole. How far up the pole should the wire be attached?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
from the poor description in the question (sorry:-) ), I think you are asking a Pythagoras question...a right angled triangle, hypotenuse 26, base 24 and vertical, x, the unknown...

therefore x= +10, -10
Hence the answer here is 10 feet up the pole.
cheers
Jon.
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