Problema Solution
a guy wire runs from the top of a tower to the ground, where the wire is anchored 11ft from the tower. If the guy wire is 61ft long, how tall is the tower?
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Let 'h' represent the height of the tower, h>0.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem we have:
h^2 = 61^2 - 11^2
h = 60 ft
The tower is 60 ft tall.