document.write( "Question 327836: On a sunny day, a tree and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 52 m long and the tree is 48 m tall, how long is the shadow? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #234840 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Use the Pythagorean theorem,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"48%5E2%2BS%5E2=52%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2304%2BS%5E2=2704\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"S%5E2=400\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"S=20\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The shadow is 20 m long.
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