Question

A landscaper attaches a guy wire 10 ft up the trunk of a newly planted sapling. He stakes the wire between 20 and 25 feet from the tree. What could be the length of the guy wire if it forms a right triangle with the tree?

Answer 1

The solution would be like this for this specific problem:

Given:

20 feet, 25 feet, 10 ft up

20 * 20 = 400

25 * 25 = 625

Minimum = sqrt(100+400) = 22.36

Maximum = sqrt(100+625) = 26.93

The answer is somewhere between 25 feet.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The solution would be like this for this specific problem:

Given:

20 feet, 25 feet, 10 ft up

20 * 20 = 400
25 * 25 = 625

Minimum = sqrt(100+400) = 22.36

Maximum = sqrt(100+625) = 26.93

The answer is somewhere between 25 feet.