A guy-wire is attached to a pole for support. If the angle of elevation to the pole is 67° and the wire is attached to the groun

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Firdavs [7]

3 years ago

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A guy-wire is attached to a pole for support. If the angle of elevation to the pole is 67° and the wire is attached to the groun

d at a point 137 feet from the base of the pole, what is the length of the guy wire (round to 2 decimal places)?

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Andrews [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-09T06:46:55+03:00

Andrews [41]3 years ago

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The angle = 67<span>° and the pole is a right-angled triangle. Therefore the distance required to find (say "x) is the angle opposite the right-angle. The following equation needs to be solved:

cos 67 = 137 / x

Solving for x;
x = 350.62 ft</span>