document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=687930>Question 687930</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An advertising Zeppelin is 60 metres above the ground, it is tethered with a wire that makes an angle of 42 degrees to the ground. How long is the wire?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the triangle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height = 60 metres<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ground angle = 42 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sin(42) = height/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypot = height/sin(42)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypot = 60/sin(42) = 89.67 metres<BR>\n" );
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