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document.write( "If a guy wire for a tree is 14 ft. long making a 41 degrees angle with the ground, how far is the base of the tree from the stake anchoring the wire. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture; you have a right triangle.  The guy wire is the hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You want the length of the base when the side opposite the 41 degree angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is the tree.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have an angle and the hypotenuse; the base is the side adjacent to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "41 degree angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos(41) = adjacent/hypotenuse = x/14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14cos(41) = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10.57 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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