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. how tall is the tower?

Answer 1

construct a right triangle, with base = 200.7 and hypotenuse = 245.9

use the Pythagorean Theorem

then tower's height = square root of (245.9^2 - 200.7^2)

= 142.0786 feet high

= about 142.1 feet