SOLUTION: a 5-ft diagonal brace on a bridge connects a support of the center of the bridge to a side support on the bridge. The horizontal distance that it spans is 1 ft longer than the heig

SOLUTION: a 5-ft diagonal brace on a bridge connects a support of the center of the bridge to a side support on the bridge. The horizontal distance that it spans is 1 ft longer than the heig

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Question 492634: a 5-ft diagonal brace on a bridge connects a support of the center of the bridge to a side support on the bridge. The horizontal distance that it spans is 1 ft longer than the height that it reaches on the side of the bridge. Find the horizontal and vertical distances spanned by this brace.
Answer by chessace(471) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This "quacks like" a 3 4 5 triangle.
Horizonal = 4 ft, Vertical = 3 ft.

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