Question

a 3.4 ft wire is attached to a tree 3 ft from the ground what is the angle formed between the wire and the ground?​

Answer 1

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`\cos(\theta )=\cfrac{\stackrel{adjacent}{3}}{\underset{hypotenuse}{3.4}}\implies \theta =\cos^(-1)\left( \cfrac{3}{3.4} \right)\implies \theta \approx 2807^o`

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