An 18-foot-long support wire is attached to a vertical pole. The wire is attached to the ground 10 feet away from the pole. If the wire meets the pole halfway up the pole, about how tall is the pole rounded to the nearest foot?

Liz is shipping a package to her friend. the maximum weight of a medium flat-rate box is 20 pounds, including the box which weighs 6 ounces. write and solve an inequality to describe the possible weight in pounds, w, of the contents that liz will ship to her friend if she must use a medium flat-rate box. use the drop-down menus to explain your answer.