Question

Type the correct answer in the box.A local school installed a new flagpole that has two lights on both sides of the flagpole that are 40 feet from each other. The distance between one of the lights and the flag is 30 feet.What is the value of x?The value of x is feet.

Answer 1

Given:

A local school installed a new flagpole that has two lights on both sides of the flagpole that are 40 feet from each other.

As shown in the figure the flagpole is in the middle between the lights

And the distance between the lights = 40

So, the distance (x) which represents the distance between the flagpole and the light = half of the distance between the lights

So,

`x=(1)/(2)\cdot40=20`

So, the answer will be the value of x = 20 feet