SOLUTION: a telephone pole is 60 ft tall. A guy wire 85 ft long is attached from the ground to the top of the pole. Find the angle between the wire and the polite the nearest degree
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Question 1012739: a telephone pole is 60 ft tall. A guy wire 85 ft long is attached from the ground to the top of the pole. Find the angle between the wire and the polite the nearest degree
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I understand you, we need to find the angle whose cosine is 60/85, or
cos x = 60/85
x = 45.1 degrees or 45 to the nearest degree...
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