Answer to Question #275733 in Geometry for Ava

Question

Running from the top flagpole to a hook in the ground there is a rope that is 10 meters long. If the hook is 8 meters from the base of the flagpole, how tall is the flagpole?

Answer 1

Height of the flag pole ;

$10^2 =8^2 +H^2$

$H^2 =100-64$

$H^2 =36$

$H=\sqrt{36}$

$H=6m$

Height of the flag pole =6m