SOLUTION: A vertical flag pole is 12 metres long. The flag pole is secured by several wires which extend from the top of the pole to the ground. The wires are each attached to the ground 5

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Question 927892: A vertical flag pole is 12 metres long. The flag pole is secured by several wires which extend from the top of the pole to the ground. The wires are each attached to the ground 5 metres away from the base of the pole.
Calculate the length of each wire?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each wire is the hypotenuse(h) of a right triangle
12^2 + 5^2 = h^2
169 = h^2
h = 13
length of each wire is 13 metres