Dawson County just built a 100 foot tall statue of Mr. Hughes. For support they
need to attach wires at 50 feet high. If the angle where the wire touches the statue
is 32 degrees how long is each wire (to the nearest foot).
60 feet
65 feet
80 feet
94 feet

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Answer:

60

Step-by-step explanation:

the wire and angle from the statue makes a right angle triangle.

from that we know that the height of the triangle is 50 feet (from the question),

making x as the lenght of the wire

using trigonometry we'll get

cos 32 = 50/x,

cos 32 = 0.84804

50/x = 0.84804

by rearranging the formula we'll get

x = 50/0.84804

x= 59

thus the answer 60.