A support cable connects the top of a bridge tower to the road below. The cable is 245.9 feet long and connects to the road at a point 200.7 feet away from the center of the bridge tower.

To the nearest tenth of a foot, how tall is the tower?

the road is 142 ft away from the center of the bridge tower.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since, the bridge tower is standing vertical to the the road, therefore, the angle made by it is a right angle.

Therefore, the triangle made by cable(hypotenuse) and bridge tower (Perpendicular) on road (base) must be a right angled triangle.

Therefore, by Pythagoras theorem, we have

H² = P²+ B²

P²=H²-B²

P²=(245.9)²-(200.7)²

P=√20186.32=142.07

answer 1 : option "c"

answer 2 : option "d"

answer 3 : option "b"

answer 4 : option "d"

answer 5 : option "b"

answer 6 : option "a"

answer 7 : option "c"

answer 8 : option "d"

answer 9 : option "c"

answer 10 : option "d"

answer 11 : option "c"

answer 12 option "b"

answer 13 option "c"

answer 14 option "c"

answer 15 option "d"

answer 16 option "a"

answer 17 option "b"

answer 18 option "c"

answer 19 option "a"

answer 20 option "a"

answer 21 option "c"

d