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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A 200 foot wire is attached from the top of a tower to a point on the ground 40 feet from the base of the tower. Find the height of the tower to the nearest foot.

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Why not draw a picture (using the Draw utility, below)? You should be drawing a triangle. Idenfity the hypotenuse and the legs. How long is the hypotenuse? Which acute angle of the triangle should we use in a trig expression to solve this problem? Which side of the triangle is the "adjacent side" to this angle?

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