Suppose two telephone poles are 40 ft apart and the length of the wire between the poles is 41 ft. If the lowest point of the wire must be 23 ft above the ground, how high up on each pole should the wire be attached? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

b. 18

step-by-step explanation:

so the equation for this is:

ab^2=ac⋅ad

ab being the top length of 6 and ac being the length of 2 and ad being the length of x. let's plug into the equation:

6^2 = 2x

now lets just solve for x:

36 = 2x

18 = x

i hope that !

except if the answer is in the value of money, then, it will matter. it will have to be $0.40, but i can tell this is not a money question, so .4 should be the right one.