document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1049617>Question 1049617</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A line from the top of a cliff to the ground passes just over the top of a pole 9.0 feet high and meets the ground at a point 5.0 feet from the base of the pole. If the point is 84 feet from the base of the cliff, how high is the cliff? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sketch the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You should see two congruent right triangles with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The smaller triangle has height = 9 ; base = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The larger triangle has height = h ; base = 84<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h/84 = 9/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 84*9/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 151.2 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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