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A guy wire runs from the ground to the top of a 25 foot telephone. The angle formed between the wire and the ground is a 52 degrees. How far from tbe base of the pole is the wir…

A guy wire runs from the ground to the top of a 25 foot telephone. The angle formed between the wire and the ground is a 52 degrees. How far from tbe base of the pole is the wir…
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A guy wire runs from the ground to the top of a 25 foot telephone. The angle formed between the wire and the ground is a 52 degrees. How far from tbe base of the pole is the wire to the ground?

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Let the distance of the wire from the base of the pole be x.
tan 52 = 25/x
x = 25/tan 52 = 19.5 feet.
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