Answer:
h ≈ 235
Step-by-step explanation:
We know there is a tower with h height. There is also a wire (that's diagonal) travelling to the ground. It touches the ground. The angle it makes with the ground is 57°.
Refer to the image below of what the problem should look like.
Refer to the trigonometric ratios:
tangent = opposite side/adjacent side
sine = opposite side/hypotenuse
cosine = adjacent side/hypotenuse
We can use sine because we are looking for the opposite side (to the angle) and we have the hypotenuse. So:
sine = opposite side/hypotenuse
sin(57) = h/280
sin(57) / 1 = h / 280
Cross multiply:
sin(57) (280) = 1 (h)
Input to calculator:
h = 234.827759...
h ≈ 235
