document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=426264>Question 426264</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, I'm stuck on this question of my homework:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two vertical poles 8m and 3m high stand 12 m apart. Determine the distance between the tops of the poles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are supposed to use the formula: a²+b²=c² and maybe some other formulas.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are learning about right angle triangles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I hope this makes sense, Thanks.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 8 meter pole is 5 meters taller than the 3 meter pole, so you have a right triangle that has a long leg measuring 12 meters (the horizontal distance between the poles) and a short leg measuring 5 meters (the difference in the heights), and a hypotenuse that represents the straight line distance between the tops of the two poles, the measure of which is the answer to this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do one of two things at this point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the arithmetic:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ c\ =\ \sqrt{5^2\ +\ 12^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or you can simply recognize that 5 and 12 are the two smaller numbers of the Pythagorean Triple 5-12-13, and get the answer directly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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