SOLUTION: a guy wire is a wire which is attached to an object and secured to the ground. quite often an object is secured on either side by a pair of guy wires as shown in the diagram below.

Question 1159606: a guy wire is a wire which is attached to an object and secured to the ground. quite often an object is secured on either side by a pair of guy wires as shown in the diagram below. suppose that wire #1 makes an angle of 62degrees to the ground and is 35m in length, while wire #2 makes an angle of 48 degrees to the ground (its length not given). given the specified angles, what distance from the first wire should the second wire be secured to the ground?
Found 3 solutions by mananth, MathTherapy, greenestamps:
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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sin 62 = PL/35
PL = 35 * sin62 =39.9
tan 42 = PL/LB
LB = PL/tan 42
LB = 39.9/sin42 degrees
LB = 59.63 m
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a guy wire is a wire which is attached to an object and secured to the ground. quite often an object is secured on either side by a pair of guy wires as shown in the diagram below. suppose that wire #1 makes an angle of 62degrees to the ground and is 35m in length, while wire #2 makes an angle of 48 degrees to the ground (its length not given). given the specified angles, what distance from the first wire should the second wire be secured to the ground?

The other person's WRONG!
Correct answer: Ground-distance between the 2 wires:
Round to desired number of decimal places.
Thanks, tutor @greenestamps. Error was fixed. Thanks again!
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

For tutor @MathTherapy....

Much easier solution method than the other tutor, thank you... plus you used the right numbers and did the calculations correctly.

But there is a typo in the calculation you show: should be 35*sin(70), not 5*sin(70).

Might be worth your time to correct the typo so as not to confuse the student.

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