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A wire is attached to the top of a 15 foot flagpole the other end of the wire is attached to a point on the ground that is 18 feet from the bottom of a flagpole how long is the wire

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Answer:

  23.4 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

The straight-line distance (d) from the top of the pole to the attach point on the ground is given by the Pythagorean theorem:

  d² = 15² +18² = 549

  d = √549 = 3√61 ≈ 23.4 . . . . feet

The wire is about 23.4 feet long.

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