document.write( "Question 258685: a stake is to be driven into the ground away from the base of a 50foot pole,a wire from the stake on the ground to the top of the pole is to be installed at an angle of elevation of 52degrees.\r
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a stake is to be driven into the ground away from the base of a 50foot pole,a wire from the stake on the ground to the top of the pole is to be installed at an angle of elevation of 52degrees.\r
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document.write( "50 ft is the opposite, a is the adjacent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So use the tangent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"tan%28%2252%B0%22%29=+50%2Fa\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put 1 under the tangent:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"tan%28%2252%B0%22%29%2F1=+50%2Fa\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%2Atan%28%2252%B0%22%29=50\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by tangent:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a=50%2Ftan%28%2252%B0%22%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a=39.06428133\" round to 39 feet.\r\n" );
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document.write( "50 is the opposite, c is the hypotenuse.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So use the sine.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%28%2252%B0%22%29=+50%2Fc\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put 1 under the sine:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%28%2252%B0%22%29%2F1=+50%2Fc\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"c%2Asin%28%2252%B0%22%29=50\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by sin:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"c=50%2Fsin%28%2252%B0%22%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"c=63.45091075\" round to 63 feet.\r\n" );
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