Question

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Answer 1

14.42 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

In the figure, we can see that the pole form a right triangle with legs equal to 12 feet and 8 feet, where 8 ft is half the wide or 16 ft/2 = 8 ft.

Then, by the Pythagorean theorem, the length of the slanted pole square is equal to the sum of the square of the legs, so

`x^2=12^2+8^2`

Where x is the minimum length of the slanted pole. Therefore, x is equal to

`\begin{gathered} x^2=144+64 \\ x^2=208 \\ x=\sqrt[]{208} \\ x=14.42 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the answer is 14.42 feet.