A tent guy line supports one of the upright tent poles. It runs from the top of the pole to a peg in the ground two and a half metres away from the base of the pole. If the guy line is 359cm long, how tall is the upright tent pole? Give your answer in centimetres correct to the nearest centimetre.

258 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Distance from the base of the pole to the base of a tent guy line is

Length of a tent guy line is 359 cm

To find: Height of the upright tent pole

Solution:

Let AB denotes the pole and AC denotes a tent guy line.

According to Pythagoras theorem, in a right angled triangle, square of hypotenuse is equal to sum of squares of other two sides.

Therefore,

d, x=8

step-by-step explanation:

simplifying

4x + -5 = 2x + 11

reorder the terms:

-5 + 4x = 2x + 11

reorder the terms:

-5 + 4x = 11 + 2x

solving

-5 + 4x = 11 + 2x

solving for variable 'x'.

move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

add '-2x' to each side of the equation.

-5 + 4x + -2x = 11 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 4x + -2x = 2x

-5 + 2x = 11 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 2x + -2x = 0

-5 + 2x = 11 + 0

-5 + 2x = 11

add '5' to each side of the equation.

-5 + 5 + 2x = 11 + 5

combine like terms: -5 + 5 = 0

0 + 2x = 11 + 5

2x = 11 + 5

combine like terms: 11 + 5 = 16

2x = 16

divide each side by '2'.

eve and marks ratios are equivalent

step-by-step explanation: