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Chief SOHCAHTOA decided his cone-shaped teepee needed to be 7 feet tall. He wanted his teepee to have a diameter of 12 feet. How long does he need to make the sides of his teepee.
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw a vertical slice of the teepee as a right triangle with base of 6 and
\n" ); document.write( "height of 12. Find the hypotenuse using Pythagoras.
\n" ); document.write( "hy^2 = 6^2 + 12^2
\n" ); document.write( "h^2 = 36 + 144
\n" ); document.write( "h^2 = 180
\n" ); document.write( "h = 6sqrt(5) ft
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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