Question

Two poles of heights 6 m and 11 m stand vertically on a plane ground. If the distance between their feet is 12 m;
find the distance between their tips.

Answer 1

The diagram of the given problem is given below,

We have Pythagoras theorem which states that in a right-angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the remaining two sides.
Here, 11 - 6 = 5m            ...( Since DC is perpendicular to BC )
base = 12 cm

Applying Pythagoras theorem we get,
hypotenuse² = 5² + 12²
h² = 25 + 144
h² = 169
h = 13

Therefore, the distance between the tips will be 13m.