SOLUTION: A construction crane has a boom which extends 50ft from the base. If the crane is stationed 30ft from a building, how high up the building wall can the crane reach?

Question 1143294: A construction crane has a boom which extends 50ft from the base. If the crane is stationed 30ft from a building, how high up the building wall can the crane reach?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Assuming the area around the building and crane is flat, the boom, the building, and the ground form a right triangle; the hypotenuse (crane) is 50; one leg (along the ground) is 30. The other leg (the building) can be found using the Pythagorean Theorem.
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