Question

a flagpole stands 15 feet high.A storm is coming and the flagpole needs to be anchored to the ground with steel wire.The wire is attached to the top of the flagpole and then secured to cement slab 9 feet away from the base of the pole.
A. Draw a diagram representing the situation
B. how long will the wire need to be show work include units explain reasoning.

C. describe in detail how you can approximate your answer if you do not have a caculator

Answer 1

@sweetsunray

Answer 2

@phi

Answer 3

here is your picture.

Answer 4

You need to find x. How do you do that? Do you know?

Answer 5

I FORGOT

Answer 6

Pythagorean's theorem ring a bell? ; )

Answer 7

The side you are looking for is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

Answer 8

DO I ADD THEN SUBTRACT FROM 90??

Answer 9

you will use the formula like this: