Trigonometry (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134217437
Author: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
Publisher: PEARSON
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A hill is inclined 20 degrees to the horizontal. A pole stands vertically on the side of the hill with 35 feet above the ground. How much wire will it take to reach from a point 2 feet from the top of the pole to a point on the ground 27 feet downhill from the base of the pole?
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