Answers:
Question 4
Since line KL shows the amount of unwanted material from line NM, subtract the two and divide the result by 2 for the bottom measurement to each triangle
36 - 20 = 16
16/2 = 8
So now since we know our a and our c, we can implement the Pythagorean theorem of a^2 + b^2 = c^2 to find b, or the height of the triangle
8^2 + b^2 = 17^2
64 + b^2 = 289
b^2 = 225
b = 15
Therefore x = 15ft
Question 5
An outline for the word problem can look like this:
/ | \
/ | \
/ | \
/ | \ 450m
/ | \
/ 360m | \
/ | \
/__________|__________\
x
So to start we already know 2 of the 3 angles for the Pythagorean theorem so now we plug them in
360^2 + a^2 = 450^2
129600 + a^2 = 202500
a^2 = 72900
a = 270
So this means that the wires need to be grounded 270m away from the pole
