document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=224126>Question 224126</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ferdy uses a guy wire to support a young tree. He attaches it to a point0.6 m up the tree trunk. The wire is 10 m long. How far away from the trunk will the wire reach? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTE: 0.6 m is NOT very far up the tree trunk -- it wouldn't be much of a support -- are you sure it was .6m up??<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Apply Pythagorean theorem -- where the guy wire is the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = distance from trunk<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + .6^2 = 10^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + .36 = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 99.64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = sqrt(99.64)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9.982 m<BR>\n" );
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