Jason planted and staked a tree. The stakes are 21 ft from the base of the tree. They are connected to wires that attach to the
trunk at a height of 20 ft. Find the length of a wire. O14 ft 15 ft 20 ft 29 ft Jason planted and staked a tree . The stakes are 21 ft from the base of the tree . They are connected to wires that attach to the trunk at a height of 20 ft . Find the length of a wire . O14 ft 15 ft 20 ft 29 ft
The distance along the ground from one stake to the tree, 21 ft, and the distance up the trunk from the ground, 20 ft, are the legs of a right triangle. The length of the wire is the hypotenuse of the right triangle. We can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this problem.
