SOLUTION: If a 120 foot rope was attached to the top of a 36 foot pole, how far from the base of the pole would the rope reach on the ground?

Question 303517: If a 120 foot rope was attached to the top of a 36 foot pole, how far from the base of the pole would the rope reach on the ground?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a 120 foot rope was attached to the top of a 36 foot pole, how far from the base of the pole would the rope reach on the ground?
this forms a right triangle
the rope is the hypotenuse
36 is one leg
the base is the other leg
120^2-36^2= base^2
13104 = base ^2
base = sqrt 13104
base = 114 .47 feet from the base of the pole

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