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a 35 foot wire is secured from the top of a flagpole to a stake in the ground if the stake is 14 feet from the base of the flagpole how tall is the flagpole

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Answer:

7\sqrt(21) or about 32.1

Explanation:

you do the pythagoren thereom and do 14 squared+ b squared = 35 squared

User Ajay Gautam
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If my calculations are correct the answer is 21 ft
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