Question

A wire is to be attached to support a telephone pole. Because of surrounding buildings, sidewalks and roadways the wire must be anchored exactly 12 feet from the base of the pole. Telephone company workers have only 33 feet of cable and 4 feet of tang must be used to attach the bale to the pole and to the stake on the ground

Answer 1

The problem can be represented by the next diagram

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