document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=514319>Question 514319</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A flagpole was broken 10 ft. from the ground and the top is falling the pole 15 ft. from the base of the pole. What was the height of the flagpole? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What was the height of the flagpole?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This forms a right triangle, we can solve with: c^2 = a^2 + b^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = the additional height of the flag pole above the break<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c^2 = 10^2 + 15^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = 100 + 225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28325%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28325%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 18.03 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore the height of the flagpole: 18.03 + 10 = 28.03 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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