SOLUTION: If a tent is 64 inches wide with a slant length of 68 inches on each side how do you calculate the height of the center pole?
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Question 799950: If a tent is 64 inches wide with a slant length of 68 inches on each side how do you calculate the height of the center pole? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If a tent is 64 inches wide with a slant length of 68 inches on each side how do you calculate the height of the center pole?
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Draw the picture.
You have a right triangle with base = 32 in and hypotenuse = 68 in
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height^2 = hypotenuse^2 - base^2
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height = sqrt[68^2 - 32^2]
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height = sqrt[3600] = 60 inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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