Question 1046156

There is a bamboo tree 22 feet tall. The upper end of which, being broken, reaches the ground 8 feet from the stem. Find the height of the break?
<pre>Let height of break be x ft
Then hypotenuse = 22 - x ft 
Length from stem (base) to point where upper end fell: 8 ft 
We then get: {{{x^2 + 8^2 = (22 - x)^2}}}
Solve for x: the height of break