SOLUTION: A taut telephone wire extends from the top of a 6.4-meter tall telephone pole to a stake in the ground 1.5 meters away. A bug crawled from the stake in the ground up the wire to th

Question 1174068: A taut telephone wire extends from the top of a 6.4-meter tall telephone pole to a stake in the ground 1.5 meters away. A bug crawled from the stake in the ground up the wire to the top of the telephone pole. Then the bug crawled down to the bottom of the pole and back to the stake. How far did the bug crawl? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
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A taut telephone wire extends from the top of a 6.4-meter tall telephone pole to a stake in the ground 1.5 meters away. A bug crawled from the stake in the ground up the wire to the top of the telephone pole. Then the bug crawled down to the bottom of the pole and back to the stake. How far did the bug crawl? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
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It's a right triangle.
The bug crawled the perimeter of it.
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Find the hypotenuse (c):
c^2 = 6.4^2 + 1.5^2
a = 6.4 m
b = 1.5 m
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Perimeter = a + b + c

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