SOLUTION: A flagpole has a height of 30 yards. It will be supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the flagpole at a point 6 yards below the top of the pole and attached to th
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Question 972864: A flagpole has a height of 30 yards. It will be supported by three cables, each of which is attached to the flagpole at a point 6 yards below the top of the pole and attached to the ground at a point that is 10 yards from the base of the pole. Find the total number of yards of cable that will be required. Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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The cables will be the hypotenuses of right triangles formed by:
a=height=30yds-6yds=24yds
b=distance from base=10yds
c=cable length for one support
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One support is 26 yards so total length needed is 3(26yds)=78 yards
