Asked by Ashley

Find the length of a guy wire that makes an angle of 45.5 degrees with the ground if the wire is attached at the top of a tower 63.0 meters high
Answered by Collins
Tan45.5=63.0/L
L=63.0/tan45:5=??
Answered by Steve
actually, the length of the wire is

63.0/L = sin 45.5°

the formula used by Collins gives the distance of the wire's anchor to the base of the pole.