document.write( "Question 346535: how do i solve this question...how would I set it up? what formula would I use? im so confused. Here is the question. two neighbors, smith and wheeler, plan to erect flagpoles in their yards. smith wants a 10ft pole while wheeler wants a 15ft pole. to keep the poles straight while the concrete bases harden guy wires are to be tied from the tops of the flagpoles to a fence post on the property lines and to the bases of the flagpoles.\r
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document.write( "HOW HIGH SHOULD THE FENCE POST BE AND HOW FAR APART SHOULD THEY ERECT THE FLAGPOLES FOR THE SCHEME TO WORK? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #247831 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the scheme? \n" ); document.write( "Are the flagpoles equidistant from the fence? \n" ); document.write( "Isn't the fencepost up already? \n" ); document.write( "How are the two flagpoles related, why do they need to be connected somehow? \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "There is not enough information to solve. \n" ); document.write( "There are too many unknowns. \n" ); document.write( " |