Asked by anonymous

A smokestack is 180 ft high. A guy wire must be fastened to the stack 30.0 ft from the top. The guy wire makes an angle of 37.0° with the ground. Find the length of the guy wire. Use significant figures.

I did:
180ft - 30ft =150ft
sin 37 = 150/x
x=150/sin 37
x= 249.2460212

5 years ago