SOLUTION: Anne and Chuck are putting up a new tent. They decide to follow the manufacturers directions which in order to provide maximum support, calls for a tent rope to be placed at a 45 d

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Question 997983: Anne and Chuck are putting up a new tent. They decide to follow the manufacturers directions which in order to provide maximum support, calls for a tent rope to be placed at a 45 degree angle to the ground. To the nearest tenth of a foot, how far away from left side of the 6-foot tent wall should the 8-foot rope be placed?
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Use Pythagoras. One leg is 6, hypotenuse is 8

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it