Two vertical poles, 8 ft and 16 ft high, stand 18ft apart on a flat field. A worker wants tosupport both poles by running the rope fromthe ground to the top of each post. If theworker wants to stake both ropes in the groundat the same point, where should the stake beplaced to use the least amount of rope?

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