Geometry word problem

Question

 A giant California redwood tree 36 m tall craft in a violent storm and fell as if hinged. The tip of the ones beautiful tree hit the ground 24 m from the base. Researcher redwoods wishes to investigate the crack. How many meters up from the base of the tree does he have to climb? 

Answer 1

There are some errors (in English):

craft should be crashed, probably

tip of the ones should be tip of the once.

 

To work this problem, draw (in profile) a right triangle representing the tree in its fallen position.

The horizontal leg will measure 24 m and the hypotenuse will measure 36-x and the vertical leg will be x.

(You see that the upright part plus the 'hypotenuse' totals the original height, 36 m)

 

Use Pythagorean Theorem to solve for x.