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Finger [1]
3 years ago
7

On a sunny day, a flag pole and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. if the hypotenuse is 35 meters long and the shado

w is 28 meters, how tall is the flag pole
Mathematics
1 answer:
Triss [41]3 years ago
3 0
We can use Pythagorean's Theorem in order to find the remaining side length
a^2+b^2=c^2
Let a be the shadow length
Let b be the height of the flagpole
Let c be the hypotenuse 
28^2+b^2=35^2
784+b^2=1225
b^2=1225-784
b^2=441
b=√441
b=21
Therefore the flagpole is 21 meters tall.
Hope this helps!
 
 
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