Question

A 27 meter piece is of string stretched the top of 25 meter flagpole to the ground.How far is the base of the flagpole from the end of the piece of string?

Answer 1

base = 10.2 meters

Explanation:

using the Pythagorean theorem:

base² = 27² - 25² = = 729 - 625 = 104

base = 10.2 meters