Homework Help: trig

Posted by janice on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 6:30am.

A 52-foot wire running from the top of a tent pole to the ground makes an angle of 57° with the ground. If the length of the tent pole is 44 feet, how far is it from the bottom of the tent pole to the point where the wire is fastened to the ground? (The tent pole is not necessarily perpendicular to the ground. Enter your answers as a comma-separated list. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

trig - Steve, Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:35am
there is redundant (and slightly inconsistent) information

the distance is
52 cos57° = 28.32
√(52^2 - 44^2) = 27.71

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