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document.write( "of the pole. If the wire forms a 52 \r\n" );
document.write( "degree angle with the ground, how \r\n" );
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document.write( "                opposite\r\n" );
document.write( "   sin(52°) = ------------\r\n" );
document.write( "               hypotenuse\r\n" );
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document.write( "                x\r\n" );
document.write( "   sin(52°) = ----\r\n" );
document.write( "               12\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 12\r\n" );
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document.write( "12 sin(52°) = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "9.456129043 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total height of pole = 9.456129043 + 10.5 = 19.95612904\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you'd round that off to about 20 feet.\r\n" );
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