GUY WIRE. How long is a guy wire

reaching from the top of a 15ft. pole to a point on the ground 10 feet from the pole?

exact length in feet.

length in three decimal places in feet.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem I showed you in your (Randy's) last post.

I'll be glad to check your answer.

To determine the length of the guy wire, you can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

In this case, the pole forms one side of the right triangle, the distance from the pole to the point on the ground forms the other side, and the guy wire acts as the hypotenuse.

Given that the height of the pole is 15 feet and the distance from the pole to the point on the ground is 10 feet, you can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the guy wire.

Length of the guy wire (hypotenuse) = √(height of the pole)^2 + (distance from the pole to the point on the ground)^2

Length of the guy wire = √15^2 + 10^2
Length of the guy wire = √225 + 100
Length of the guy wire = √325
Length of the guy wire ≈ 18.027

Therefore, the exact length of the guy wire is approximately 18.027 feet, and rounded to three decimal places, it is 18.027 feet.