SOLUTION: A pole vaulter uses a 15-foot-long-pole.She grips the pole so that the segment below her left hand is twice the lenght of the segment abover her left hand.Her right hand grips the

Question 153856: A pole vaulter uses a 15-foot-long-pole.She grips the pole so that the segment below her left hand is twice the lenght of the segment abover her left hand.Her right hand grips the pole 1.5 feet above her left hand.How far up the pole is her right hand?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The lefthand splits the pole's length into two pieces. One piece is twice as long as the other.
The full length is 15.
2/3 is below the lefthand, 1/3 above it.

So there her left hand is 10 feet from the far end of the pole.
The right hand is 1.5 feet above the left. So the right hand is at
from the far end.
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