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The water company installed a 40 yard diagonal brace on a water tower between two vertical beams that are 12 yards apart as shown. Determine the height of each vertical beam.

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Answer:

The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 15 meters each. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 50 inches.

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Here is thetower it is talking about (illistration)

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