<PRE><B>Question 127405</B>
imagine the poles are 10m apart __ the distance is not important
__ but you want a number to make calculating the slopes easy


picture the 20m pole lying on the positive y-axis with the base at the origin
__ the 30m pole is 10m to the right with the base on the x-axis


the equation of one wire is y=-2x+20 __ the other wire is y=3x


solving simultaneously __ 3x=-2x+20 __ 5x=20 __ x=4


substituting __ y=3(4)</PRE>