SOLUTION: A tight rope walker wants to walk across the length of the Niagara Falls, on the Canadian side, and needs to determine the length of wire needed to do this feat. The length across

Question 1169796: A tight rope walker wants to walk across the length of the Niagara Falls, on the Canadian side, and needs to determine the length of wire needed to do this feat. The length across the Falls is 790 m. When the walker is halfway across, the angle of depression is 18°. How high above the water level should the wire be attached if the wires is to get no closer than 3 m to the water?
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ANSWER.    meters.


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