SOLUTION: a rope is needed at the top of the 24-ft flagpole to connect it to a peg that is 20feet from the base of the flagpole. what is the length of the rope?
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Question 564625: a rope is needed at the top of the 24-ft flagpole to connect it to a peg that is 20feet from the base of the flagpole. what is the length of the rope?
Answer by ad_alta(240) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A triangle is formed with side lengths 24 and 20. By the Pythagorean theorem, the hypotenuse has length sqrt(24^2+20^2)=4*sqrt(61) [about 31.24 ft]
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