Homework Help: trig

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 10:03am.

A pole is braced with a wire from the top of a pole to the ground. The wire is 100 feet long and makes an angle of 40° with the ground. Find the height of the pole.

trig - Steve, Friday, March 15, 2013 at 10:30am
h/100 = sin 40°

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