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To support a tree damaged in a storm, a 12-foot wire is secured from the ground to the tree at a point 10 feet off the ground. The tree meets the ground at a right angle.

At approximately what angle does the wire meet the ground?

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12 feet would be the hypotenuse...

56.4 degrees my friend. That is ur answer.
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