document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1154138>Question 1154138</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A telephone pole is to have a guide wire attached to its top and anchored to the ground at a point that is at a distance 34 feet less than the height of the pole from the base. If the wire is to be 2 feet longer than the height of the pole, what is the height of the pole? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "By Pythagoras Theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-24)(x-48)=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=24 or 48\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It cannot be 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Height of pole = 48 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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