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What is the height of the flagpole?

What is the height of the flagpole?-example-1
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Right angle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
c = longest side which is 26
a = 10
Now plug it in to find b
10^2 + b^2 = 26^2
100 + b^2 = 676
b^2 = 576
b = squareroot of 576 = 24

Solution: 24
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