Question

A pigeon was sitting 32 feet from the base of a telephone pole and flew 68 feet to reach the top of the pole. How tall is the telephone pole?

Answer 1

the telephone pole is 60 ft

Explanation:

because 32 and 60

Answer 2

60 ft

Explanation:

Use Pythagorean theorem to solve this.

The pole = x

x^2 + 32^2 = 68^2

x^2 = 68^2 - 32^2

x^2 = 4624 - 1024

x^2 = 3600

x = 60