Homework Help: Pre-Calculus-Trig

Posted by Chloe Mack on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 8:06pm.

A 40 foot high flagpole sits on the side of a hill. The hillside makes a 17 degree angle with horizontal. How long is a wire that runs from the top of the pole to a point 72 feet downhill from the base of the pole?

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