document.write( "Question 1123574: A television transmitter tower is 400 feet high. If the angle between the guy wire (attached at the top) and the tower is 54.4°, how long is the guy wire?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #739930 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A television transmitter tower is 400 feet high. \n" ); document.write( " If the angle between the guy wire (attached at the top) and the tower is 54.4°, how long is the guy wire? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "You can see this is a right triangle where the guy wire is the hypotenuse (h), the two legs are the tower and the dist from the tower to the guy anchor \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Use the sine of the angle: side opposite/hypotenuse \n" ); document.write( "sin(54.4) = \n" ); document.write( "h = \n" ); document.write( "h ~ 492 ft \n" ); document.write( " |