Amarion wants ivy to grow on his white picket fence in a certain direction. He decided to run a metal wire diagonally from the ground level at one end of the fence to the top of the other side of the fence row. The section of the fence in the front of his house is 10 feet long and has a height of 27 inches. Determine the length of the wire. (Round to the nearest hundredth) 16.4 7.1 10.25 28.8

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Amarion wants ivy to grow on his white picket fence in a certain direction. He decided to run a metal wire diagonally from the ground level at one end of the fence to the top of the other side of the fence row. The section of the fence in the front of his house is 10 feet long and has a height of 27 inches. Determine the length of the wire. (Round to the nearest hundredth)

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7.1
10.25
28.8
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