You need to remove a tree from your front yard. You have climbed the tree and trimmed off the branches, and you are now ready to chop down the trunk. It is very important that the tree falls in the right direction… away from your house. You have attached a wire to the top of the trunk. You will attach the other end of the wire to the ground and pull it tightly so that when the trunk begins to fall, the wire will pull it in the right direction. The trunk is 24 feet tall and you are going to attach the wire to the ground 10 feet away from the base of the trunk. a) How long must your wire be to reach the ground?

Which statement describes the term economics? a. it is the study of using limited resources to fulfill wants and needs. b. it is the study of how governments fulfill the wants and needs of nations. c. it is the study of how people spend their money to fulfill wants and needs.

Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr jekyll and mr. hyde what do dr. jekyll's thoughts reveal about him in this excerpt? [t]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber, and i determined, flushed as i was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. i crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, i could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to he is jealous of those who can sleep through the night. he is revered for his scientific advances. he is interested in studying the movements of the stars he is proud and enthusiastic about his initial results.

21 a stick 7 inches long is broken into two pieces, so that one piece is twice as long as the other one. how long are the two pieces?