Question

a 26- foot wire reaches from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground. if the distance from the base of the pole to the stake is 10 feet, how high is the pole?

Answer 1

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a^2 + 10^2 = 26^2

a^2 + 100 = 676
a^2 = 576
a = 24

Answer 2

let the height be h

solve for h:

h^2 + 10^2 = 26^2