SOLUTION: A flag pole 24 feet high is 10 feet away from the base of its anchor cable. How long is the anchor cable?
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Question 245963: A flag pole 24 feet high is 10 feet away from the base of its anchor cable. How long is the anchor cable?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have a right triangle. One leg is the pole, the other is the distance on the ground to the base of the anchor cable. Use Pythagoras.
John
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