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?

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Wataru
Dec 3, 2014

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

Since

tan theta =O /A={28.4}/5tanθ=OA=28.45,

we have

theta =tan^{-1}({28.4}/5) approx 1.4θ=tan−1(28.45)≈1.4 rad approx 80^circ≈80∘

I hope that this was helpful.

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