SOLUTION: Please help. A flagpole has a height of 10 yards. it will supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the pole 4 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the gro
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Question 949814: Please help. A flagpole has a height of 10 yards. it will supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the pole 4 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the ground at a point that is 8 yards from the base of the pole. find the total number of yards of cable that will be required.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each cable is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with one leg 6yds(4 yd from top of 10 yd pole) and the other leg 8 yd (distance from base of pole)
c=length of cable; b=distance from base of pole; a=distance up pole
find square root of each side.
ANSWER: The length of one cable is 10 yards, and since there are three cables,a total of 30 yards of cable will be needed.
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