SOLUTION: A support wire stretches from the top of a pole that is 30 feet tall to an anchor in the ground 40 feet from the base of the pole. How long is the wire?
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Question 873498: A support wire stretches from the top of a pole that is 30 feet tall to an anchor in the ground 40 feet from the base of the pole. How long is the wire? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let wire length be x
The rope the floor & the pole form a right triangle.
The base is one leg The height is the other
By Pythagoras theorem
Hypotenuse^2 = Leg1^2+leg2^2
x ^2 = 900 + 1600
x ^2 = 2500
x= 50 m
