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" A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole: what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the broken piece to measure 39 feet in length ? Ans. "
A Treatise on Surveying, Containing the Theory and Practice: To which is ... - Page 85
by John Gummere - 1814 - 346 pages
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Plane and spherical trigonometry. [With] Solutions of problems. [Followed by ...

Henry William Jeans - 1873 - 288 pages
...BAC may be 150° ? Ans. 51-77 feet. [5]. (Fig. 18.) A Maypole being broken off by the wind, its top struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole ; required the height of the whole Maypole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet....
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Elements of Geometry, Conic Sections, and Plane Trigonometry

Elias Loomis - 1877 - 458 pages
...window 21 feet high on the other Bide. Required the breadth of the street. Ans. 56.649 feet. Prob. 11. A May-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at the distance of 15 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole May-pole, supposing...
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Elements of Geometry, Conic Sections, and Plane Trigonometry

Elias Loomis - 1880 - 452 pages
...May-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wiud, struck the ground at the distance of 15 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of...May-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece CD be 39 feet? ' Ans. 75 feet. Prob. 1 2. How must three trees, A, B, C, be planted, so that the angle...
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Elements of Geometry, Conic Sections, and Plane Trigonometry

Elias Loomis - 1895 - 450 pages
...May-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast cf wind, struck the ground at the distance of 15 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole May-pole, supposng the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet? Ans. 75 feet. Prob. 12. How must three trees,...
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Physics for High School Students

Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute - 1907 - 456 pages
...HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS. from the base of the steeple, while that of a vertical pole 10 ft. long was 2 ft. from the foot of the pole. What was the height of the steeple? 8. In the iise of a Bunsen photometer to measure the candle power of an incandescent lamp,...
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