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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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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as ..., Volume 1

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 660 pages
...21 feet high, on the other side : required the breadth of the street ? Ans. 56-649 feet. EXAM. ix. A maypole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 16 feet distance from the foot of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the...
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An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry

John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1835 - 308 pages
...SCD.CB+CB2) _ _ _ ^ _ __ BD2 - BD2-f2CD.CB CD.CB = - j - =—2 — =4 the area of the garden. QED 23. A may-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast of...wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole may. pole, supposing the length of the broken...
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A New System of Arithmetick: In which the Rules are Familiarly Demonstrated ...

William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1836 - 274 pages
...being broken off by a gust of wind, struck the ground on a horizontal plane, at the distance of 10 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole pole, allowing the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet 1 Ane. 50 feet. 15. *Supp6sea pole 60 feet...
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A Practical and Theoretical System of Arithmetic...: Also, a Treatise on ...

George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 202 pages
...22. The top of a liberty pole being broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground 10 feet distant from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the pole, supposing the length of tho broken piece to be 26 feet ? Ans. 50 feet. 23. A ladder 26§ feet...
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The Western Calculator, Or, A New and Compendious System of Practical ...

Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...pound, the bars being but $- of an inch square ? Ans. 20Z. 0s. 2d. 43. A may-pole whose top being broke off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the foot of the pole ; what was its whole height, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. 75 ft. 49. Required...
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The Western Calculator, Or, A New and Compendious System of Practical ...

Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 218 pages
...of an inch square ? Ans. 20Z. Os. 2d. 43. A may-pole whose top being broke off by a blast of vind, struck the ground at 15 feet. distance from the foot of the pole; what was 'its whole height, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet ? Ans. 75 ft. 49. Required...
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Ruger's Arithmetick, with Questions and Answers: A New System of Arithmetick ...

William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...being broken off by a gust of wind, struck the ground on a horizontal plane, at the distance of 10 feet from the foot of the pole ; what was the height of the whole pole, allowing the length of the broken piece to be 26 feet ? ' Ans. 50 feet. 15. 'Suppose a pole 90...
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An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry

John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1842 - 318 pages
...2CD.CB+CB2) .. ___ =_ _ ,; __ , BD2 BD2+2CD.CB CD.CB = T = — 5 — =J the area of the garden. QED 23. A may-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast of wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from die bottom of the pole : what was the height of the whole maypole, supposing the length of the broken...
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Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ...

Henry W. Jeans - Trigonometry - 1842 - 138 pages
...bottom of the tower. Ans 190-4 feet. (2) (fig. 18). A may-pole 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 may-pole, supposing the length of the broken piece to be 39 feet...
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The Columbian Calculator: Being a Practical and Concise System of Decimal ...

Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 274 pages
...broad ? Ans. 12.52 inches deep. 6. How many 3-inch cubes can be cut out of a 12-inch cube * Ans. 64. 7. A may-pole, whose top was broken off by a blast of...wind, struck the ground at 15 feet distance from the bottom of the pole ; what was the height of the whole may-pole, supposing the length of the broken...
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