During the hurricane a 16-meter-tall tree got fractured and its higher part fell down so that its tip touched the ground at the distance of 8 meters from the trunk. At what height is the fracture?
Using Pythag theorom
x = height 16-x = top of tree= hypotenuse
x^2 + 8^2 = (16-x)^2
x^2 + 64 = x^2 -32x+256
64 = -32x+256
x = 6 Meters