Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 6:28pm.

a 26- foot wire reaches from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground. if the distance from the base of the pole to the stake is 10 feet, how high is the pole?

geometry - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 6:33pm
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a^2 + 10^2 = 26^2

a^2 + 100 = 676
a^2 = 576
a = 24
geometry - Reiny, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 6:34pm
let the height be h

solve for h:

h^2 + 10^2 = 26^2

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