Question

The Pythagorean Theorem can be used in many real-world scenarios.

Answer 1

Part 1:

You know the height of a telephone pole and the distance the support cable is from the base of the telephone pole, but you don't know the length of the cable. The cable needs to be replaced so you need to calculate the length.

What is the length of the cable?

Part 2 and Part 3: See the attached picture:

Answer 2

Answer:

Part 1: you know the height of the latter and the distance of the slide to the latter, but you don't know the length of the slide that needs to be replaced due to being broken.

i used a slide. the height of a ladder is 10 ft, the distance from the ladder and the end of the slide is 20 ft. so you needed to find the length of the slide to complete your "triangle".

i cannot add a picture so i hope you can work with that. you can also alter the numbers so that it isnt the same when you turn it in (turnitin will detect if another student put this answer) so i suggest altering the numbers.

here is my work:

10^2 + 20^2 = x^2

100 + 400 = x^2

500 = x^2

√500 = 22.360679775

22.360679775 = 22.3

x= 22.3

So the slide is about 22 feet long.

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