Question

A wire reaches from the top of a 26-meter telephone pole to a point on the ground 8 meters from the base of the pole. What is the length of the wire to the nearest tenth of a meter?

Answer 1

Answer: We can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the length of the wire. Let's call the length of the wire "x". Then:

x^2 = 26^2 + 8^2

x^2 = 676 + 64

x^2 = 740

x = sqrt(740)

x ≈ 27.2

Therefore, the length of the wire to the nearest tenth of a meter is 27.2 meters.

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