What angle will the guy wire make with the ground if A tower, 28.4 feet high, must be secured with a guy wire anchored 5 feet from the base of the tower?

1 Answer
Dec 3, 2014

Let theta be the angle between the wire and the ground.

Since

tan theta =O /A={28.4}/5,

we have

theta =tan^{-1}({28.4}/5) approx 1.4 rad approx 80^circ


I hope that this was helpful.