Answer: amount of wire needed is 5.84 feet.
Explanation:
given data:
height of the first pole = 8 feet
height of the second pole = 10 feet
distance between both poles = 50 feet
SOLUTION:
L1 =

=

L2 =

=

total length of wire
L = L1 + L2
L =







using quadratic equation

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