Question

A figure shows a triangular shaped fly over a tent. This is in the form of two right triangles forming a bigger triangle. The base of the bigger triangle is 16 feet and the height is 12 feet. The hypotenuse side of the left right triangle is unknown.
A youth group is setting up camp. Rain is predicted, so the campers decide to build a fly, or rain cover, over their tent. The fly will be 12 feet high and 16 feet wide. The scouts are building the frame for the fly with two poles slanted and joined together at the top of the tent.

The minimum length of the slanted poles needed to support the fly is
feet.

Answer 1

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