document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=154592>Question 154592</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A pole-vaulter uses a 15- foot-long pole. She grips the pole so that the segment below her left hand is twice the length of the segment above her left hand. Her right hand grips the pole 1.5 feet above her left hand. How far up the pole is her right hand?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #113838 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=113838\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> her left hand divides the pole into 2/3 and 1/3, so her left hand is 10 (2/3 of 15) ft up the pole\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "her right hand is 1.5 ft above her left, or 11.5 ft up the pole </SPAN>\n" );
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