Homework Help: Precalc

Posted by Mickey on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 3:06pm.

A tower is supported by a guy wire 610 ft long. If the wire makes an angle of 69 degrees with respect to the ground and the distance from the point where the wire is attached to the ground and the tower is 125 feet.
a) State if the law of sines or cosines should be used for this situation and explain why.
b) How tall is the tower?

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