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How far from the base of the tree is Anne standing?
Anne is pulling on a 60-foot rope attached to the top of a 48-foot tree while Walter is cutting the tree at its base. How far from the base of the tree is Anne standing?
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Solution describes the solution of a word problem for right angled triangle using Pythagoras theorem.
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