Word Problems

[maimai1125]

A 20-ft diagonal brace on a bridge connects a support of the center of the bridge to a side support on the bridge. The horizontal distance that it spans is 4 ft longer that the height that it reaches on the side of the bridge. Find the horizontal and vertical distances spanned by this brace.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

A 20-ft diagonal brace on a bridge connects a support of the center of the bridge to a side support on the bridge. The horizontal distance that it spans is 4 ft longer that the height that it reaches on the side of the bridge. Find the horizontal and vertical distances spanned by this brace.

Use Pythagorus' theorem.

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