A wire 15m long is stretched tight from the top of a radio mast to a point on the horizontal ground. The distance of the point on the ground from the foot of the radio mast is 8 m. How high is the radio mast above the ground?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

what do you know so far ? *

Answer 3

it has to do with pythagoras theorem

Answer 4

oh . Well im slow :(

Answer 5

h^2 + 8^2 = 15^2
h = sqrt (225 -64 ) = 12.7 meters

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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