Question

Could you help ? It says “ a nursery plants a new tree and attaches a guy wire to help support the tree while it’s roots take hold. An eight foot wire is attached to the tree and to a stake in the ground the angle of elevation of the connection with the tree is 42 degrees . Find the nearest tenth of a foot, the height of the connection point on the tree” .

Answer 1

Answer:

5.4'

Step-by-step explanation:

See diagram attached.

The 8' wire is the hypotenuse of the triangle, with a base angle of 42°.

Hence the height is the length of the hypotenuse multiplied by sin(42°)

H = 8sin(42°) = 8 *0.6691 = 5.353'

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