Question

Guy wires 80 feet long support a 65-foot tall telephone pole. to the nearest degree, what angle will the wires make with the ground

Answer 1

Answer: The guy wires will make a 54 degree angle with the ground.

Start by drawing a right triangle. The hypotenuse will be 80 and the side opposite our angle will be 65. 

Since we are working with the opposite side and hypotenuse, we can write and solve the sin equation below.

Sin(X) = 65/80  (Take the inverse sign of both sides)
x about 54 degrees