SOLUTION: A tent is 3 meters high at the center. A rope 6 meters long comes to the top of the tent and is fastened to the ground. How far from the center of the tent is the rope fastened?
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Question 995704: A tent is 3 meters high at the center. A rope 6 meters long comes to the top of the tent and is fastened to the ground. How far from the center of the tent is the rope fastened?
Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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= = = = 5.196 m (approximately).
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