A car salesman is stringing banners from the top of the roof to a fence pole 20 feet away. The top of the roof is 29 feet from t

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he ground. The fence pole is 18 feet high. How many feet of banner rope does he need to reach from the rooftop to the fence pole?

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7nadin3 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-08T22:25:40+03:00

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Answer:

20.88 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

First sketch your problem

identify the right angle triangle in the sketch with a=20ft, b=6 ft and c=?

apply Pythagorean relation, a²+b²=c²

=20²+6²=c²

c²=436

c=20.88 ft