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I need help solving this problem I have been working on it for awhile and I am stuck. A wire is 78ft long. It is attached to the top of a 75 foot cell phone tower. How far is it from the base of the pole to the point where the wire is attached to the ground? I know that the equation to solve the problem is 75^2+x^2=78^2, but I dont know tho proceed from here. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much
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\n" ); document.write( "You are working with a right triangle with one leg=75 ft (the tower) and the hypotenuse=78 ft
\n" ); document.write( "(the wire). The remaining leg=x (distance from base of pole to where wire is attached to grd)
\n" ); document.write( "According to the Pythagorean Theorem, the sum of the squares of the two legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse:
\n" ); document.write( "75^2+x^2=78^2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2=78^2-75^2=6084-5625=459
\n" ); document.write( "x=√459≈21.42
\n" ); document.write( "ans:
\n" ); document.write( "distance from base of pole to where wire is attached to grd≈21.42 ft \n" ); document.write( "

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