SOLUTION: An 8 foot tree is supported by two wires that extend from the top of the tree to a point on the ground located 15 feet from the base of the tree. Find the total length of the two s

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Question 992418: An 8 foot tree is supported by two wires that extend from the top of the tree to a point on the ground located 15 feet from the base of the tree. Find the total length of the two support wires.
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The wire forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle where one leg is the height of the tree and the other leg is the measure from the bottom of the tree to where the wire is attached to the ground. Use the Pythagorean Theorem.

John

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