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satela [25.4K]
3 years ago
8

A circus performer walks on a tightrope 25 feet above the ground. The tightrope is supported by two beams and two support cables

. If the distance between each beam and the base of its support cable is 15 feet, what is the length of the support cable? Round to the nearest foot.
Mathematics
1 answer:
miv72 [106K]3 years ago
5 0
The length of the support cable is about 29 feet.

If you sketch out the question, you will see that it will form a right triangle with the cable as the hypotenuse.

Just set up and use the Pythagorean Theorem.

15^2 + 25^2 = c^2
850 = c^2
29.15 = c
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