Question

A guy wire is stretched from the top of a tower to a point 10 yards from the base of the tower. The wire makes an angle of 65° with the ground. Draw a diagram and find the length of the guy wire.

4.2 yd.
11.0 yd.
23.7 yd.

Answer 1

right angle triangle

Answer 2

\[\tan \theta =\frac{ perpendicular }{ base }=\frac{ tower-height }{ 10 }\]

Answer 3

theta=65

Answer 4

tower height= 10*tan50

Answer 5

use calculator