Question

ok the question i need help with is:two vertical poles are 16 feet apart. what is the minimum number of feet in length of a rope that connects the top pf the 50 foot peole to the top of the 20 foot pole

Answer 1

One side of the triangle is 16ft so the base is 16ft. The other side is the difference between 50ft and 20ft. Let one equal a, the other b, and solve for c.

Answer 2

so can u type how the equation would be for me plz:)

Answer 3

are you sure you just want the answer?

Answer 4

both work and anwer

Answer 5

i just dont get what he is saying like equation wise

Answer 6

ok, i'll try to explain it too - this might help to have to two ways... you know the hypotenuse is 'the long bit' ?

Answer 7

usually this question has a point on the ground between the poles that acts like an anchor....

Answer 8

ook

Answer 9

like this

Answer 10

ya

Answer 11

is that the answer your looking for? or simply the distance between the tops of the poles?

Answer 12

I think the question is just asking for the distance between the top of the 50 ft pole to the top of the 20ft pole. I don't think the anchor situation has anything to do with it.

Answer 13

well u have to read the question

Answer 14

its the tops

Answer 15

what is the minimum number of feet is an optimization question to me...so I am lead to think that there is something missing from the question

Answer 16

its asking what is the feet in the length of a rope tht connects the top

Answer 17

It's a simple geometry problem incorporating pythag.

Answer 18

otherwise its asking for the caternary between them...

Answer 19

but go ahead :)

Answer 20

why dont u reread the question above

Answer 21

I did, but hey, if your sure your right then by all means, go with it :)

Answer 22

stop making it more complex than it is amistre :P

Answer 23

Ok a=16 b=30 c=?

Answer 24

well i dont even get anythihng like at all

Answer 25

16ft is the distance between the two poles so the base of a triangle. 30ft is the difference in height from the top of the 20ft pole to the top of the 50ft pole.

Answer 26

so whats the overall anwer?? is it that i input the numbers and c is the anwer

Answer 27

Yes because c represents a hypotenuse which would be the diagonal line from the top of the 50ft pole to the top of the 20ft pole.

Answer 28

what did u get as an awner

Answer 29

34ft

Answer 30

same here ok ready for the last one

Answer 31

Yep.

Answer 32

If the sides of a rectangular field shown are 10 meters and 30 meters , how many meters are saved in travelling from A to B by cutting across the digonal of the field instead of going around two of the sides? express anwer to the nearest hole number of meters

Answer 33

So the diagonal represents what here? I kind of mentioned it before...

Answer 34

ok so there is a rectangle right and its cuz in half the top of it is 30 and sidke is ten or a while 30 b

Answer 35

wait forget a and b but the rest is right

Answer 36

so b is one cornor of the rectangle( top left) and a is bottom right of rectangle there we goo

Answer 37

help

Answer 38

if you are putting it into shapes, a and b aren't points on the rectangle, they are the length of the side of the rectangle

Answer 39

Ok...so if you cut a rectangle in half diagonally, then you have a triangle. The diagonal of the rectangle is the hypotenuse, c. So a and b are the sides of the rectangle.

Answer 40

does that help?

Answer 41

nope

Answer 42

here is what the rectangle looks like

Answer 43

wow, thats blurry

Answer 44

sorry

Answer 45

just wanted to give picture bout what im saying

Answer 46

oh yeah, that was good, but i couldn't read it sorry :) but i think i can figure out what it says

Answer 47

Ok so go back to the equation \[a^2+b^2=c^2\] a is any side of the triangle, and b is just the other side. C is the hypotenuse, which is the diagonal.

Answer 48

so how would i imput those numbers would i have to cut them in half since it is only oone of the triangles??

Answer 49

Nope. They are looking for that diagonal length, which depends on the other two sides of the triangle. No need to cut anything in half. You see two triangles so just pretend one isn't there. A=10ft B=30ft c=?

Answer 50

what was ur anwer

Answer 51

What was your answer?

Answer 52

i got 32 rounded

Answer 53

Correct. :)

Answer 54

thanks going to bed bye peoples

Answer 55

No problem.