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if you see this I really need help on this question asap ty so much... "The flagpole in the diagram below has a height of 10ft.

The shadow is 12 feet long. What is the distance from the top of the flagpole to the far end of its shadow? (round your answer to the nearest hundredths)"

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aev [14]2 years ago

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Answer:

15.62 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

If the flagpole is 10ft tall and the shadow is 12ft long, and you need to find the distance from the top of the flagpole to the far end of the shadow, to get your answer, you must use the pythagorean theorum.

$a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}$

let height of flagpole = a

let length of shadow = b

let distance between the two = c

$10^{2} + 12^{2} = c^{2} \\100 + 144 = c^{2}\\244 = c^{2}\\\sqrt{244} = \sqrt{c^{2}} \\\sqrt{244} = c\\15.62 = c$

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