A rope from the top of a mast on a sailboat is attached to a point 6 feet from the base of the mast. If the rope is 24 feet long, about how high is the mast?
1 Answer
Mar 27, 2018
The mast is about
Explanation:
Here is a diagram of the described scenario:
Since the mast is most likely forms a
So, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of side
The Pythagorean Theorem is:
We know the length of one of the legs, and the hypotenuse, so we can substitute those in and solve:
So the mast is about