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A guy wire is stretched from the top of a tower to a point 10 yards from the base of the tower. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Draw a diagram and find the lengt…

A guy wire is stretched from the top of a tower to a point 10 yards from the base of the tower. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Draw a diagram and find the lengt…
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A guy wire is stretched from the top of a tower to a point 10 yards from the base of the tower. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Draw a diagram and find the length of the guy wire

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23.7 yd

Explanation:

User Ben Jones
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hypotenuse = guy wire
cos 45 = adj / hyp
cos 45 = 10 / hyp
hypotenuse = 10 / 0.42262
hypotenuse = 23.6619185084

A guy wire is stretched from the top of a tower to a point 10 yards from the base-example-1
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