Homework Help: Physics

Posted by JJ on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 6:30pm.

A circus performer begins his act by walking out along a nearly horizontal high wire. He slips and falls to the safety net, 25.0 ft below. The magnitude of his displacement from the beginning of the walk to the net is 26.7 ft. (a) How far out along the high wire did
he walk?

Physics - Steve, Friday, December 28, 2012 at 6:46pm
x^2 + 25^2 = 26.7^2
x = 9.37 ft

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