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What is the distance between the tops of these two poles
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Question 870967: Two telephone poles are 60 meters apart.the poles are 42 metres and 69 metres high.
What is the distance between the tops of these two poles Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
the difference between the lengths of poles = 27 m
the distance between them = 60 m
the poles are vertical
Apply Pythagorean Theorem
One leg 60 m
Second leg 27 m
Hypotenuse x m
By Pythagoras theorem
Hypotenuse^2 = Leg1^2+leg2^2
x ^2 = 3600 + 729
x ^2 = 4329
x= 65.8 m
the distance between their tops is 65.8 m
