Elementary Technical Mathematics
Elementary Technical Mathematics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781337630580
Author: Dale Ewen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13.5, Problem 8E

A smokestack is 18 0 ¯ ft high. A guy wire must be fastened 20.0 ft below the top of the smokestack. The guy wire makes an angle of 40.0 ° with the ground. Find the length of the guy wire.

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