SOLUTION: a rope stretches from the top of a 20-foot pole to a point ten feet from the bottom of the pole. how long is the rope?

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Question 597378: a rope stretches from the top of a 20-foot pole to a point ten feet from the bottom of the pole. how long is the rope?
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Use Pythagoras.

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