document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1025762>Question 1025762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A board 8 feet long is to be used as a temporary brace for a section of fence that has a broken post. If the board is nailed to the fence 6 feet above ground level, about how far from the base of the fence is the other end of the board when it is fastened to a stake in the ground?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The brace leaning up against the fence<BR>\n" );
document.write( "makes a right angled triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The brace is the hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance up the fence to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where the brace is nailed is the upright part <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the distance on the ground from the fence<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to the other end of the board is the base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base^2 = Hypotenuse^2 - Upright part^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base^2 = 8^2 - 6^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base^2 = 64 - 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base^2 = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base = &#8730;28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base = 5.29 feet (2 decimal places)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-)<BR>\n" );
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