{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "A flagpole is originally $5$ meters tall. A hurricane snaps the flagpole at a point $x$ meters above the ground so that the upper part, still attached to the stump, touches the ground $1$ meter away from the base. What is $x$?\n\n$\\text{(A) } 2.0\n\\qquad\n\\text{(B) } 2.1\n\\qquad\n\\text{(C) } 2.2\n\\qquad\n\\text{(D) } 2.3\n\\qquad\n\\text{(E) } 2.4$", "description_html": "<p>A flagpole is originally  <span class=\"katex--inline\">5</span>  meters tall. A hurricane snaps the flagpole at a point  <span class=\"katex--inline\">x</span>  meters above the ground so that the upper part, still attached to the stump, touches the ground  <span class=\"katex--inline\">1</span>  meter away from the base. What is  <span class=\"katex--inline\">x</span> ?</p>\n<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{(A) } 2.0\n\\qquad\n\\text{(B) } 2.1\n\\qquad\n\\text{(C) } 2.2\n\\qquad\n\\text{(D) } 2.3\n\\qquad\n\\text{(E) } 2.4</span> </p>\n<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 1, "problem_name": "2009 AMC 10B Problem 10", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/09_amc10B_p11", "prev": "/problem/09_amc10B_p09"}}