A telephone pole of height "h" is installed vertically on the side of a hill that makes an angle of 25 degrees with the horizontal. On the uphill side of this pole, a 9.15m guy wire is anchored to the ground at a point 5.50m from the base of the pole. a) Find the height, h, of the pole.
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A telephone pole of height "h" is installed vertically on the side of a hill that makes an
a) Find the height, h, of the pole.
b) Find the distance, d, on the downhill side to the point at which a 13.7m guy wire must be anchored
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