A 240 ft tower is located on the side of a mountain that is inclined 19° to the horizontal. A guy wire isto be attached to the top of the tower and anchored at a point 48 ft downhill from the base of thetower. Find the shortest length of wire needed.NOTE: The picture is NOT drawn to scale.length of guy-wire =19°ftREE48 ft240 ftaEnter your answer as a number; your answer should be accurate to 2 decimal places.

We have to find length of guy wire. We can apply law of cosine to find this length.

Answered: A 240 ft tower is located on the side…

Mathematics For Machine Technology

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