SOLUTION: 39 foot rope is tied from the top of a building to a stake 15 ft from the wall. How tall is the building. I am lost.

Question 319230: 39 foot rope is tied from the top of a building to a stake 15 ft from the wall. How tall is the building. I am lost.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the rope is straight and not sagging, then
you can consider the height of the wall
one leg of a right triangle and
the distance from the stake to the wall as the
other leg of the right triangle.
The length of the rope is the hypoteneuse
The pythagoran theorem is:

The building is 36 feet tall

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