joey is putting up an antenna. at the 30 foot mark, he attaches a 50 foot guy wire. what angle does the guy wire form with the antenna.

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Guest Jan 20, 2015

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We know the adjacent side (30) and the hypoteneuse (50).....and the trig function that relates these two is the cosine....so we have

cosΘ = 30 / 50

So, using the inverse sine to find Θ, we have

cos^-1 (30/50) = Θ = about 53.13°

CPhill Jan 20, 2015

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2015-01-20T05:57:43

We know the adjacent side (30) and the hypoteneuse (50).....and the trig function that relates these two is the cosine....so we have

cosΘ = 30 / 50

So, using the inverse sine to find Θ, we have

cos^-1 (30/50) = Θ = about 53.13°