SOLUTION: a tv tower is 20.5m high . wire braces attached to the tower are 8m away from the base.find the length of each wire brace. illustrate

Question 230116: a tv tower is 20.5m high . wire braces attached to the tower are 8m away from the base.find the length of each wire brace. illustrate

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
can't help with the illustration. But use the Pythagorean theorem to solve the algebra part.
You are given two sides of a right triangle and asked to find the third side. In the case, that third side is the hypotenuse.

Your answer is in meters

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