document.write( "Question 130491: If you have two flag poles in front of the court house 12ft tall. The distance from the top of one pole to the base of the other is 20ft . What is the distance between the two flag pole? \n" ); document.write( "
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a=12, c=20
\n" ); document.write( "a^2+b^2=c^2
\n" ); document.write( "12^2+b^2=20^2
\n" ); document.write( "144+b^2=400
\n" ); document.write( "b^2=400-144
\n" ); document.write( "b^2=256
\n" ); document.write( "b=16' sqrt of each side
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