Question

Lloyd is standing near a telephone pole. When his head touches the support wire, he is 25 feet from where the wire meets the ground. Lloydis 5 ft tall. Hon tallis the pole?1-8f feetO A 20 ft.B. 15 ftC. 80 ft.D. 17 ft

Answer 1

We will use the pythagorean theorem to figure the answer out.

Applying the Pythagorean Theorem, we have (let unknown side be x):

`\begin{gathered} 6^2+x^2=10^2 \\ 36+x^2=100 \\ x^2=100-36 \\ x^2=64 \\ x=\sqrt[]{64} \\ x=8 \end{gathered}`Answer 8 feet (B)