The triangles are similar. Find x.A. 3.5B. 2.24C. 1.6D. 3.6
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The height of a wooden pole, h, is equal to 15 feet. A taut wire is stretched from a point on the ground to the top of the pole. The distance from the base of the pole to this point on the ground, b. is equal to 8 feet. What is the length of the wire?
Answer:
Length of wire = 17 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
The height of the wooden pole is,
The distance from the base of the pole to this point on the ground is,
Let the length of the wire be 'l'.
Now, consider the triangle formed by the pole, the base, and the wire. The length of the wire is the slant length and hence the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Using Pythagorean theorem, we can find the hypotenuse.
Plug in the given values and solve for 'l'. This gives,
As length can never be negative, we ignore the negative result.
Therefore, the length of the wire is 17 feet.
Answer:
Part a) Rectangle
Part b) Triangle
Step-by-step explanation:
<u><em>The picture of the question in the attached figure N 1</em></u>
Part A) A cross section of the rectangular pyramid is cut with a plane parallel to the base. What is the name of the shape created by the cross section?
we know that
When a geometric plane slices any right pyramid so that the cut is parallel to the plane of the base, the cross section will have the same shape (but not the same size) as the base, So, in the case of a right rectangular pyramid, the cross section is a rectangle
Part b) If a cross section of the rectangular pyramid is cut perpendicular to the base, passing through the top vertex, what would be the shape of the resulting cross section?
we know that
Cross sections perpendicular to the base and through the vertex will be triangles
see the attached figure N 2 to better understand the problem
