At a point A on the ground, the angle of elevation to the top of a radio transmission tower is 60 degrees. From that point a 40m cable was attached to the top of the tower. At a point B, a further 10m away from the base of the tower, another cable is to be pegged to the ground and attached to the top of the tower. What length is required for the second cable?

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anonymous · Answer

you need to sketch the problem first

anonymous · Answer

can u sketch the problem @cezelenko ?

anonymous · Answer

no unfortunately the question in the book itself does not come with a sketch what i have written is all the information that the book provides

anonymous · Answer

you will have to sketch the figure according to the question given, not always the text book gives the figure.

anonymous · Answer

the first thing to do before attempting the problem you need to sketch it so that it will be easy for to understand

anonymous · Answer

what we ask you to do is to sketch it than we will take from there

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1377265138074:dw| this is the best i could come up with from my understanding of the question

anonymous · Answer

so if i will ask you to find the length of the tower what will you do

anonymous · Answer

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isnt it the sketch @Pynewn  ,