document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1153485>Question 1153485</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A flagpole has a height of 16 yards. It will be supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the flagpole at a point of 4 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the ground at a point that is 9 yards from the base of the pole. find the total number of yards of cable that will be required.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #775707 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=775707\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A flagpole, cable, and  the distance from the base of the pole form right triangle where  a flagpole and the distance from the base of the pole are legs of the triangle, and the length of the cable is hypothenuse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a flagpole has a height of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >yards<BR>\n" );
document.write( "three cables, each of which is attached to the flagpole at a point of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > yards below the top of the pole, so now a part of flagpole which is one leg of the right triangle has a height  of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >yards (the length of the leg of the triangle)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cable is ached to the ground at a point that is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > yards from the base of the pole, so the other leg is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > yards\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the one cable <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2=225 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2=225\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=sqrt%28225%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=sqrt%28225%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >yards\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since we have three cables, total length will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A15=45 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A15=45\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >yards\r<BR>\n" );
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