SOLUTION: A 45 ft wire is used to brace a utility pole. If the wire is attached 4 ft from the top of the 38 ft pole, how far from the base of the pole will the wire be attached to the ground
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Question 1033257: A 45 ft wire is used to brace a utility pole. If the wire is attached 4 ft from the top of the 38 ft pole, how far from the base of the pole will the wire be attached to the ground? Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the distance from the base of the pole to where the wire is attached to the ground be x:
(45^2)-(34^2) = x^2
2025-1156 = x^2
869 = x^2 take the square root
on both sides:
x = 29.48
