There is a bamboo tree 10 ft high. The upper end of the tree is broken, and reaches the ground 3 ft from the stem. How high is the break in the tree?

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Q: A fence 12 feet tall runs parallel to a tall building at a distance of 4 ft from the building as…

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Q: How far from the base of a building must a 25-ft ladder be placed so that it reaches 20 ft up the…

A: We will use Pythagoras theorem to find solution to the problem .

Q: A piece of wire measuring 20ft is attached to a telephone pole as a guy wire. The distance along the…

A: A piece of wire measuring 20ft is attached to a telephone pole as a guy wire. The distance along the…

Q: A guy wire 25 ft long supports an antenna at a point that is 20 ft above the base of the antenna.…

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Q: A 15-feet ladder is placed 5 feet away from a santol tree. The distance from the ground straight up…

A: A 15-feet ladder is placed 5 feet away from a santol tree. The distance from the ground straight up…

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Q: A pyramid with a square base area of 100 square inches has its height cut in half, resulting in a…

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Q: A 50 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 48 feet. If Shaniece grabs…

A: A 50 feet ladder set against the side of the house so it reaches up 48 feet. If we make a triangle…

Q: A slide is 10 feet long and 6 feet high. How long is its base, from the bottom of the ladder to the…

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Q: A 37-foot ladder is leaning against a building. The base of the ladder is 12 feet from the side of…

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Q: A 13-foot ladder is leaning against a​ building, with the base of the ladder 3 feet from the…

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Q: A 9-foot ladder is placed 4 feet from the base of a building. About how high does the ladder reach?

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Q: A radio tower is supported by two wires that are each 130 yards long and attached to the ground 50…

A: A radio tower is supported by two wires that are each 130 yards long and attached to the ground 50…

Q: How long must the brace be on a closet rod holder if the vertical side is 17 cm and the horizontal…

A: Given Data: The horizontal length is: H=38 cm The vertical length is: V=17 cm   From the figure, the…

Q: A 25-foot ladder is placed 7 feet from the wall, as shown. 25 ft. 7 ft. How high up the wall will…

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Q: Suppose a Red Oak is 30 ft high with a tree trunk radius of 2.5 ft and a Birch tree is 50 ft high…

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Q: 8 ft 30°

A: Given :/ Height of Ramp = 8 feet Slope of Ramp = 30° Let, The distance from Ramp from platform  = D…

Q: A 35 foot wire is secured from the top of a flagpole to a stake in the ground. If the stake is 14…

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Q: If you had 20 ft ladder, how far away from the building would you have to place the bottom to reach…

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Q: A fence 20 feet tall runs parallel to a tall building at a distance of 4 ft from the building as…

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Q: A 11 foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall of a building, with the bottom of the ladder…

A: This is the question of the application of the Pythagoras theorem.

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Q: A 60 foot ladder needs to reach a window that is 47 feet off the ground . How far away to the…

A: Ans (1) we have given a 60 foot ladder needs toreach a window that is 47 feet the groundAs 1 feet =…

Q: A 52 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 48 feet. If Jace grabs the…

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Q: The base of a 30-foot ladder is 10 feet from a building. If the ladder reaches the flat roof, how…

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Q: A person who is 6 feet tall stands 4 feet from the base of a light pole and casts a 2-foot-long…

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Q: A support wire is attached to a flagpole to keep it vertical. The wire runs from the top of the pole…

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Q: A jet plane traveling at 550 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 2​-hour…

A: Given data: The speed of the jet plane is J=550 mph. The speed of the propeller plane is P=200 mph.…

Q: A 19  -foot ladder leans against a building. The base of the ladder is 7  ft from the building How…

A: Given: A 19 ft. ladder leans against a building and the distance between building and base of the…

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Q: A 13-meter ladder is leaning against a vertical wall. If the foot of the ladder is 5 meters away…

A: Given that 13-meter ladder is leaning against a vertical wall and at some time the foot of the…

Q: A 60 foot ladder needs to reach a window that is 47 feet off the grounf. How far away, to the…

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Q: A tart rope starting from the top of a flagpole and tied to the ground is 15 meters long.If the pole…

A: Given that  Length of rope =15 m  Height of the pole =7 m  To find the distance from rope to base of…

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Q: If you had a 15 foot ladder, How far away from the base of a wall would you have to put it to reach…

A: Q) If you had a 15 foot ladder, how far away from the base of a wall would you have to put it to…

Q: To wash a window that is 8 feet off the ground, Amanda leans a 10 foot ladder against the side of…

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Q: a guy wire is stretched from a communications tower in a nature preserve at a point 200 feet above…

A: It is given that the length of the tower is 200 feet and the anchor is 125 feet from the base. so,…

Q: A 46 ft wire is used to brace a utility pole. If the wire is attached 3 ft from the top of the 39 ft…

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Q: A 26 foot long ladder is leaning up against a house. If the ladder reaches a window that is 24 feet…

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