document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=428038>Question 428038</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two masts are 20 m and 12 m high.if the line joining their tops make an angle of 35 degree with the horizontal find their distance apart </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " find their distance apart.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw this out, you can see a right triangle is is formed by the horizontal line between the poles, the line drawn between the tops of the poles (hypotenuse) and a side of 8', the difference in the height of the poles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the interior angle formed by the line joining the tops<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 - 35 = 55 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the tangent which is the side opposite/side adjacent.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Side adjacent = 8', find side opposite (d) (horizontal dist between the poles)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(55) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.428 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 1.428 * 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 11.425 ft between the poles </SPAN>\n" );
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