Question

a 12-ft-long guy wire is attached to a telephone pole 10.5 ft from the too of the pole. If the water forms a 52 degree angle with the ground, how high is the telephone pole?
water ?

let the distance from the point of attachment to the ground be h
sin52° = h/12
h = 12sin52
= ...

add 10.5 to h to get the height of the pole
20 feet

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