Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 6 - Section 6.4 - Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem - Exercise Set - Page 445: 53

Answer

Height is 25.0 ft.

Work Step by Step

$32^2=h^2+20^2$ $1024=h^2+400$ $1024-400=h^2+400-400$ $624=h^2$ $\sqrt {624}=\sqrt {h^2}$ $25.0=h$
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