Question

Two flag poles at Liberty Park are 27 feet tall. The distance from the top of one flag pole to the base of the other is 45 feet. What is the distance between the two flag poles?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer:

The distance between the two poles is 36 feet.

Explanation:

If 2 flag poles are 27 feet tall each

if the distance from one flag pole to the base of the other flag pole is 45 feet, this forms the shape of a right angle triangle.

Here, we are going to make use of the Pythagoras theorem.

a2 + b2 = c2

27 2 + b2 = 45 2

b2 = 45 2 - 27 2

b = 45 2 - 27 2 (square root)

b = 2025 - 729

b= 1296 (square root)

b = 36