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(Solved): An antenna has 4 guy-wires connected to the top of the antenna, and each guy-wire is anchored to th ...
An antenna has 4 guy-wires connected to the top of the antenna, and each guy-wire is anchored to the ground. A side-view of this scenario is shown. To remind yourself how to evaluate trig functions for angle measures in degrees in this program, click here. One of the guy-wires forms an angle of ?=16.62 degrees with the antenna and the opposing guy-wire forms an angle of ?=24.06 degrees with the antenna. Anchor 1 is 51 feet from the base of the antenna. a. How tall is the antenna? feet b. What is the distance between anchor 2 and the base of the antenna? (Hint: You will need to use your answer to part (a).) feet