Crane Height

Geometry Level pending

There is a crane and you have measured the spreads between the ground and the top of the crane from two opposing sides as 4 5 \frac{4}{5} and 16 25 \frac{16}{25} . These two places from which you measured are a distance of 100 meters apart.

How tall is the crane?

Tip: Use the triple spread formula ( s 1 + s 2 + s 3 ) 2 = 2 ( s 1 2 + s 2 2 + s 3 2 ) + 4 s 1 s 2 s 3 (s_1+s_2+s_3)^2=2(s_1^2+s_2^2+s_3^2)+4s_1s_2s_3 and the fact the a spread is equal to the square of the opposite sides length over the hypotenuse side length (reminiscent of S O H C A H T O A SOH-CAH-TOA ).


The answer is 80.

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