A 50-foot pole and a 70-foot pole are 30 feet apart. If you were to run a line between the tops of t

A 50-foot pole and a 70-foot pole are 30 feet apart. If you were to run a line between the tops of the two poles, what is the minimum length of cord you would need?

The difference between the 70 foot and 50 foot pole is:
70 - 50 = 20 foot height difference.

So we have a right triangle, with a height of 20, base of 30. We want to know the hypotenuse.

Using our Pythagorean theorem calculator to solve for hypotenuse, we get:
hypotenuse = 36.06 feet