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Two poles of heights 6m and 12 m stand vertically on a horizontal plane.If the distance between their feet is 10m , then the distance between their top is -
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2 solutions
The anwer must be 2 root 34 I did it on 29 july and still it was wrong!!
Thanks! The answer has been updated to 2 3 4 .
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Yeah i guess you cannot change the future that deducts you points if you get it right while the answer is wrong. @Calvin Lin p.s points don't matter.
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Sometimes, we do not mark previous answers as wrong, especially if the problem has been substantially changed / the meaning was greatly different.
Oh yes i see....You're absolutely correct I'll edit it right now
you are right @mardokay
The correct answer is (2√34 + 12) approx 4√34. It's because 2 poles placed vertically makes two triangles. One by straight line from pole A top to pole B bottom another from pole B top to pole A top.
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@Naren Pv Sir you are wrong then aswer is 2 3 4 , refer to my solution above.
how did you get the +12
By pythagorean theorem,
h 2 = 6 2 + 1 0 2 = 3 6 + 1 0 0 = 1 3 6 ⟹ h = 1 3 6 = 2 3 4
@ankit i think your solution to this problem is incorrect, since i saw this problem reported i answered the obvious incorrect solution. The answer to this problem should be a 2 + b 2 = c 2 , and plugging a = 1 0 , b = 1 2 − 6 = 6 , so the answer simplifies to 1 3 6 = 2 3 4