document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=307227>Question 307227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a sunny day, a building and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 34 m long and the shadow is 24 m, how tall is the building? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #219830 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=219830\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the leg of the right triangle 1s 24 & hypotenuse is 34 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "using the pythagorus theorem \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2 +leg2^2 = hyp ^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2 + 24^2 = 34^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2 = 34^2 - 24^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2 = 1156-576\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2=580\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1 = sqrt 580<BR>\n" );
document.write( "leg1 = 24.08 which is the height of the building\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ananth\r<BR>\n" );
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