A guy wire 17 feet long runs from the top of a pole to a spot on the ground. If the height of the pole is 7 feet more than the distance from the base of the pole to the spot where the guy wire is anchored, how tall is the pole?

The pole is 15 feet tall

Step-by-step explanation:

Pythagora's Theorem

Let's call x the distance from the base of the pole to the spot where the guy wire is anchored. The height of the pole is 7 feet more, i.e. x+7.

The guy wire is 17 feet long. These dimensions form the sides of a right triangle where the guy wire is the hypotenuse.

Applying Pythagora's Theorem

Operating

Rearranging and simplifying by 2

Factoring

Solving

Only the positive solution is valid, thus x=8

The height of the pole is x+7=15 feet

The pole is 15 feet tall

7.25

step-by-step explanation:

we know that 7 equals to 7.0. we also know that 1/4=0.25. so we can add the two together and we get 7.25