document.write( "Question 1195383: A guy wire is 20’ long and is attached to the top of power poles that are 8’ apart. If the lowest point of the guy wire is 12’ from the bottom of the poles, how tall are the power poles ?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #827855 by lotusjayden(18) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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I assume that the guy wire is a straight line.
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document.write( "First, we can visualize a diagram. We can imagine the guy wire of a right angles triangle. The hypotenuse is 20', and the adjacent side is 8'.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We only need to find the opposite side. We can do that by using the Pythagorean Theorem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "x is approximately 18.33.\r\n" );
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document.write( "now we add 18.33' with 12' to get:\r\n" );
document.write( "30.33'\r\n" );
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