An electrician needs to run a cable from the top of a 40-foot tower to a transmitter box located 30 feet away from the base of

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Simora [160]

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An electrician needs to run a cable from the top of a 40-foot tower to a transmitter box located 30 feet away from the base of

the tower. Find how long he should cut the cable.

Mathematics

1 answer:

grin007 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-16T10:25:11+03:00

grin007 [14]3 years ago

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The cable should be 50 feet.

If you draw the picture, you will see that you have a right triangle.

Let's just use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse (or cable).

30^2 + 40^2 = c^2
2500 = c^2
50 = c

An electrician needs to run a cable from the top of a 40​-foot tower to a transmitter box located 30 feet away from the base of

An electrician needs to run a cable from the top of a 40-foot tower to a transmitter box located 30 feet away from the base of