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A wire attached to the top of a pole reaches a stake in the ground 20 feet from the foot of the pole and makes an angle of 58° with the ground. Find the length of the wire.
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A wire attached to the top of a pole reaches a stake in the ground 20 feet from the foot of the pole and makes an angle of 58° with the ground. Find the length of the wire.

User Vaibhav Gaikwad
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it is a right triangle
cos 58 = 20/length of rope
length of rope = 20/cos 58 degrees
= 37.74 feet
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