SOLUTION: A supporting wire is to be attached to the top of a 32 ft. atenna If the wire must be anchord 32 feet from the base of the attena, what length of wire is required?

Question 78739: A supporting wire is to be attached to the top of a 32 ft. atenna If the wire must be anchord 32 feet from the base of the attena, what length of wire is required?
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem is asking you to find the hypoteneuse of a
right triangle with the 2 other sides given.
To solve this, use the pythagorean theorem:
where c is the hypotenuese while
a and b are the other 2 sides.
So, for your problem,

Solve for c by taking the square root of both sides:

There is also a trick to problems like this. If you recognize that
the triangle is an isosceles right triangle (i.e. two sides are equal),
then the hypoteneuse is always where s is one side.
Good Luck
tutor_paul@yahoo.com
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