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A television transmitter tower is 400 feet high. if the angle between the guy wire (attached at the top) and the tower is 51.8°, how long is the guy wire?

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Let the length of the guy wire be x feet.
cos 51.8 = 400/x
x = 400/cos 51.8 = 646.82 feet.
The answer is 646.82 feet.
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