Question

Draw a picture and label it. Set up an equation and solve it. Show all your work. Round an angle to the nearest tenth of a degree. Roundthe length of a side to the nearest hundredth of a unit.A television transmitter tower is 600 feet high. If the angle between the guy wire (attached at the top) and the tower is 59.2º, how longis the guy wire?

Answer 1

see the attached figure below to better understand the problem

we have that

cos(59.2)=600/L

Solve for L

L=600/cos(59.2)

L=1,171.78 ft

therefore

the answer is 1,171.78 ft