A wire attached to a barn makes an angle of 56 degrees with the ground when anchored 16 m from the base of the barn. How far up the building does the wire reach, to the nearest hundredth of a meter? Show all work for each angle.

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lgbasallote · Answer

is the lenth of the wire given? coz it would make this problem a lot easier...

anonymous · Answer

no

lgbasallote · Answer

ok...then ill just get the length of the wire...

cos theta = adjacent/hypotenuse
cos(56) = 16/h
h = 16/cos(56)
h=28.61

sin theta = opposite/hypotenuse
sin(56) = O/h
o = hsin(56)
o = 28.61(sin(56))
o = 23.72 m