30 ft cable extends from the floor of the lookout of a fire tower. The cable is anchored to the ground 18 ft away from the base
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Answer:
Option 4 is correct. The length of PR is 6.4 units.
Step-by-step explanation:
From the given figure it is noticed that the triangle PQR and triangle MQR.
Let the length of PR be x.
Pythagoras formula
Use pythagoras formula for triangle PQM.
The value of PM is 10. The length of PR is x, so the length of MR is (10-x).
Use pythagoras formula for triangle PQR.
.....(1)
Use pythagoras formula for triangle MQR.
.... (2)
From equation (1) and (2) we get
Therefore length of PR is 6.4 units and option 4 is correct.