In the figure the height of the flag pole is 10m. A wire 12.5 m long runs from the top of the pole and is bolted to the ground. If the wire is tight, how far is the bolt from the flag pole? Round to the nearest tenth.

step-by-step explanation:

given that there are two triangles j'k'l' and jkl>

the former is got by dilating the second one.

when drawn on a grid, (graph paper) coordinates of vertices of first triangle is

(6,12)j, (9,6)k and (12,9)l

side jk has length = distance between j and k

=

side j'k'=distance between j' and k'

=

ie j'k'l' has sides 1/3 of that of corresponding sides of jkl.

hence scale factor of 1/3 is used to get j'k'l'from jkl

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