Question

A monkey is chained to a stake in the ground. The stake is 3.12 m from a vertical pole, and the chain is 4.24 m long. How high can the monkey climb up the pole

Answer 1

Answer:

The hypotenuse is 3.68

3.682 = 2.852 + x2

14.8669 = 8.1225 + x2

6.7444 = x2

2.59699827 ≈ x

The monkey can climb about 2.6 feet up the pole

Explanation: