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uysha [10]
4 years ago
14

From a point 18 feet from the base of a tower, a wire is stretched to an attachment 40 feet up the tower. A right triangle with

legs of 18 ft and 40 ft. To the nearest foot, how long is the wire?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Tamiku [17]4 years ago
8 0
To find the length of the wire, use the Pythagorean theorem

a^2 + b^2 = c^2
18^2 + 40^2 = c ^2
324 + 1600 = c^2
1924 = c^2
44 = c

The wire is approximately 44 feet.
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