Asked by t

You and a friend decide to set up a volleyball net in your backyard. Each pole that holds the net has a string to secure it to the ground for stability. If the pole is 8 feet tall after being placed in the ground and the stability string is 12 feet long, what is the approximate angle formed between the pole and the string?(1 point)
Responses

90°
90°

42°
42°

48°
48°

73°

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
cos⁻¹(8/12) = cos⁻¹(2/3) ≈ 48°