One end of a rope is attached to the top of a pole 100 ft high. If the rope is 150 ft long what is the maximum distance along the ground from the base of the pole to where the other end can be attached? You may assume the pole is perpendicular to the ground.

A goat is tethered to a barn by a 12-ft chain. If the chain is connected to the barn at a point 6 ft from one end of the barn, what is the area of the pasture that the goat is able to graze?

A baseball diamond is really a square with sides of 90 feet. How far is it from home plate to second base, as shown?

Considering that the consecutive dials on the natural gas meter rotate in opposite directions, what is the current reading in cubic feet of usage? The initial direction is clockwise.

The state of Nevada approximates the shape of a trapezoid with these dimensions for boundaries: 340 miles on the north, 515 miles on the east, 435 miles on the south and 225 miles on the west. If A and B are points located midway across the north and south boundaries, what is the approximate distance from A to B?

The following problem is based on the Parallelogram Law. In the scaled drawing, each unit corresponds to 50 mph. A small airplane travels due east at 250 mph. The wind is blowing at 50 mph in the direction due north. Using the indicated diagonal and use it to determine the speed of the airplane in miles per hour.

Is the point (0,8) on the x-axis or y-axis? How do you know?