Stacking circles

Circles are stacked. How high is the top point above the ground?
Uitgever: Texas Instruments UK
Editor: Barrie Galpin
Auteur: David J C Elgin
Onderwerp: Wiskunde
Tags Pythagoras
Students are required to use Pythagoras and simple geometry to calculate the height of the point A above the ground.
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