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A telephone pole is 60 feet tall. A guy wire 75 feet long is attached from the ground to the top of the pole. Find the angle between the wire and the pole to the nearest degree.
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The pole is the height (opposite side), the ground is the base (adjacent side), and the guy wire is the hypotenuse. We are asked to find the angle between the wire and the pole, which is the angle opposite the height. Show more…
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