SOLUTION: In a flagpole, a 10-meter rope is attached to the top of the pole from a point on the field. If the rope is 8 meters away from the base, how high is the pole?

SOLUTION: In a flagpole, a 10-meter rope is attached to the top of the pole from a point on the field. If the rope is 8 meters away from the base, how high is the pole?

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Question 1191066: In a flagpole, a 10-meter rope is attached to the top of the pole from a point on the field. If the rope is 8 meters away from the base, how high is the pole?
Answer by ikleyn(52779) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Right-angled triangle.


The height of the pole =  =  = 6 meters.    ANSWER

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