document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=733911>Question 733911</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A guy wire attached to a high tower needs to be replaced. The contractor does not know the height of the tower or the length of the wire. Find a method to measure the length of the wire indirectly. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The contractor does not know the height of the tower or the length of the wire.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find a method to measure the length of the wire indirectly.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "measure the distance from the base of the tower, to the guy tie point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "measure the angle between the ground, and the top of the tower at the tie point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the cosine of the angle, which is: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the side adjacent (dist from tie point to tower)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the hypotenuse (length of the guy wire) </SPAN>\n" );
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