Question

Guy wires 80 feet long support a 65-foot tall telephone pole. To the nearest degree, what angle will the wires make with the ground?

Answer 1

Draw a diagram, and it will be clear that the pole is opposite to the angle the wire makes with the ground.
Since the wire is at an angle, it is also the hypotenuse of the right triangle.

The ratio
sin(θ)=opposite/hypotenuse
=65/80
is what you need to find the angle using θ=sin^-1(65/80).

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Answer 2

0.8125

Answer 3

54