SOLUTION: a car salesman is stringing banners from the top of the roof to a fence pole 20 ft away. The top of the roof is 29 ft from the ground. The fence pole is 8 ft high. How many feet of

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Question 974389: a car salesman is stringing banners from the top of the roof to a fence pole 20 ft away. The top of the roof is 29 ft from the ground. The fence pole is 8 ft high. How many feet of banner rope does he need to reach from the rooftop to the fence pole?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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sqrt(20^2 + (29 - 8)^2) = 29