The wire supporting a 20-foot tall phone pole is attached to the top of the pole, and to the ground 12 feet from the pole. How long is the wire?

22.36 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

This situation forms a right triangle, where the wire is the hypotenuse

Use the pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse/wire length:

a² + b² = c²

20² + 12² = c²

400 + 144 = c²

544 = c²

22.36 = c

So, the wire is 22.36 feet long

y = 0.77(x)

step-by-step explanation:

the jacket retains this value after 23% cut or retains 77% of original value. plug original 87 jacket price for x and the remaining value should be y.

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step-by-step explanation:

since the sequence is geometric there is a common ratio r between consecutive terms, that is

r = 4 ÷ - 2 = - 2

r = - 8 ÷ 4 = - 2

r = 16 ÷ 8 = - 2

the next term - 13 must be incorrect as it should be - 32 for the sequence to be geometric.

the first 4 terms are therefore geometric with common ratio r = - 2