document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200344>Question 200344</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A wagon wheel is placed against a wall. One point on the edge of the wheel is 5 inches from the ground and 10 inches from the wall. What is the radius of the wheel?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Think Pythagorean theorem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a diagram -- the wheel is the hypotenuse while the wall and the floor forms the two sides of a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = diameter of wheel<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d^2 = 5^2 + 10^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 25 + 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28125%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28125%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%285%2A5%2A5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%285%2A5%2A5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5sqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5sqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Radius is half the diameter:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "radius = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F2%29sqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F2%29sqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  = 5.59 inches </SPAN>\n" );
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