SOLUTION: A 100 foot wire is extended from the ground to the top of a 60 foot pole, which is perpendicular to the level ground. To the nearest degree, what is the measure of the angle that t

Question 85002: A 100 foot wire is extended from the ground to the top of a 60 foot pole, which is perpendicular to the level ground. To the nearest degree, what is the measure of the angle that the wire makes with the ground?
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem represents a right triangle with hypotenuese equal to 100 and the side opposite the angle in question equal to 60. To find the angle (A), take the
arcsin:

Plug this into your calcualator or look it up and you get:

Good Luck,
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