document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=604717>Question 604717</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A guy wire attached to the top of a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30-foot-long pole is anchored 10 feet from the base<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the pole, as illustrated in the figure. Find the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of the guy wire to the nearest tenth of a foot </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "30-foot-long pole is anchored 10 feet from the base<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the pole, as illustrated in the figure. Find the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of the guy wire to the nearest tenth of a foot<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Apply Pythagorean Theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = length (feet) of wire<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 10^2 + 30^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 100 + 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 31.623<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rounded to nearest tenth:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 31.6 feet<BR>\n" );
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