A cliff
A line from the top of a cliff to the ground passes just over the top of a pole 5 ft high. It meets the ground at a point 8 ft from the base of the pole. The point is 93 ft from the base of the cliff. How high is the cliff?
Correct answer:
Tips for related online calculators
Check out our ratio calculator.
Do you want to convert length units?
See also our right triangle calculator.
See also our trigonometric triangle calculator.
Do you want to convert length units?
See also our right triangle calculator.
See also our trigonometric triangle calculator.
You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:
Units of physical quantities:
Grade of the word problem:
We encourage you to watch this tutorial video on this math problem: video1
Related math problems and questions:
- Direction vector
The line p is given by the point P [- 0,5; 1] and the direction vector s = (1,5; - 3) determines: A) value of parameter t for points X [- 1,5; 3], Y [1; - 2] lines p B) whether the points R [0,5; - 1], S [1,5; 3] lies on the line p C) parametric equations - Perpendicular and parallel
Find the value of t if 2tx+5y-6=0 and 5x-4y+8=0 are perpendicular and parallel lines. What angle does each line make with the x-axis, and find the angle between the lines? - Three points 2
The three points are A(3, 8), B(6, 2), and C(10, 2). Point D is such that the line DA is perpendicular to AB, and DC is parallel to AB. Calculate the coordinates of D. - Collinear lines
Points A, B, and C are collinear, and B lies between A and C. If AC = 48, AB = 2x + 2, and BC = 3x + 6, what is BC? - Line equation:
Line equation: y-3=8/9(x-5) Solve for slope - The slope 2
What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-4, -7) and (-2,-19)? Write your answer in the simplest form. - Slope of line
What is the slope of the line that passes through the points: (-2, 4) and (-3, 1)? - Divide line segment
Find the point P on line segment AB, such that |AP| = r |AB|. Coordinates of endpoints: A = (−2, 0, 1), B = (10, 8, 5), ratio r = 1/4. - Three
Three points are given: A (-3, 1), B (2, -4), C (3, 3) a) Find the perimeter of triangle ABC. b) Decide what type of triangle the triangle ABC is. c) Find the length of the inscribed circle - Space vectors 3D
The vectors u = (1; 3; -4), v = (0; 1; 1) are given. Find the size of these vectors, calculate the angle of the vectors, and the distance between the vectors. - Perpendicular projection
Determine the distance of a point B[1, -3] from the perpendicular projection of a point A[3, -2] on a straight line 2 x + y + 1 = 0. - Place vector
Place the vector AB if A (3, -1), B (5,3) in point C (1,3) so that AB = CO. - Ascend vs. descent
Which function is growing? a) y = 2-x b) y = 20 c) y = (x + 2). (-5) d) y = x-2 - Three points
Three points K (-3; 2), L (-1; 4), M (3, -4) are given. Find out: (a) whether the triangle KLM is right b) calculate the length of the line to the k side c) write the coordinates of the vector LM d) write the directional form of the KM side e) write the d - Vector v4
Find the vector v4 perpendicular to the vectors v1 = (1, 1, 1, -1), v2 = (1, 1, -1, 1) and v3 = (0, 0, 1, 1) - Calculate 6
Calculate the distance of point A[0, 2] from a line passing through points B[9, 5] and C[1, -1]. - Dodecagon
Calculate the size of the smaller angles determined by lines A1 A4 and A2 A10 in the regular dodecagon A1A2A3. .. A12. Express the result in degrees.