Question

A guy rope is attached to the top of a tent pole. The guy rope is pegged into the ground 8 feet from the tent. If the guy rope is 12 feet long, how long is the tent pole?
Use the Pythagorean Theorem.
√(12^2 - 8^2) = √80 = 4√5 feet long

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