SOLUTION: A guy wire (a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure) is attached to a telephone pole whose height is 18 ft. If the wire is attached to the ground a

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Question 1065918: A guy wire (a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure) is attached to a telephone pole whose height is 18 ft. If the wire is attached to the ground at a point 24 ft away from the base of the pole, what is the slope of the wire?
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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The wire goes up by 18ft as you move
24+ft from the anchoring place to the base of the pole,
so the slope is
18ft%2F%2224+ft%22=18%2F24=highlight%283%2F4=0.75%29 .