SOLUTION: A pole is broken by the storm of wind and its top struck the ground at an angle
30° and at a distance of 20m from the foot of the pole. The height of the pole
before it was brok
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30° and at a distance of 20m from the foot of the pole. The height of the pole
before it was brok
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Question 1001689: A pole is broken by the storm of wind and its top struck the ground at an angle
30° and at a distance of 20m from the foot of the pole. The height of the pole
before it was broken was? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You know a leg and the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse plus the other leg is the length of the pole before breaking.
r, the broken piece;
The other leg, still sticking vertically from the ground is .
Put all together, the pole before breaking is . Compute that.