document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=216502>Question 216502</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a tv tower is 20.5m high.Wire braces attached 4.5m from the top of the tower are 8m aways from the base.Find the length of each wire brace.illustrate. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #163486 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutor_paul><B>tutor_paul(519)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutor_paul><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=tutor_paul><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=163486\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The tower and the distance along the ground from base of tower to brace are the legs of a right triangle, and the length of the brace is the hypotenuse. You can thus use the pythagorean theorem to solve this. Let x be the length of the brace.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take the square root of both sides; consider only the positive result:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify...<BR>\n" );
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