An electrician needs to run a cable from the top of a 48 foot tower to a transmitter box located 20 feet away from the base of the tower. Find how longhe should make the cable

52 feet, you use the pythagorean theorm in order to figure out the length of the rope. You already have two given measurements, the length and the width, now you need to find the hypotenuse which is the missing side. 48 sq + 20sq = c sq (sq meaning youre squaring the base.)