document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1129425>Question 1129425</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a tree rising to 120 at the top was struck  by lighting causing the upper half to splinter but remain connected  to the trunk and the tip of the tree landed 40 feet from the base of the tree.  What is the remaining height of the tree? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " What is the remaining height of the tree?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = the remaining height of the tree<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(120-x) = the length of the portion of the tree going to the ground<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this forms a right triangle that we can solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2+%2B+40%5E2+=%28120-x%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2+%2B+40%5E2+=%28120-x%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 1600 = 14400 - 240x + x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract x^2  from both side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1600 = 14400 - 240x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240x =14400 - 1600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240x =  12800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12800%2F240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12800%2F240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 53<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ft is remaining height of the tree </SPAN>\n" );
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