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A television transmission tower is 2000 feet tall. It is supported by guy wires running fromthe ground to the top of the tower. Both wires make an angle of 63° with the ground.5) How long will each wire be? 6) How far from the base of thetower must the wires meet theground?Guy wirew2000 ft63°xTowerSailors on a ship observe a lighthouse at an angle of 34° to the path of the ship. After theship has sailed 2000 yards more, the lighthouse is at 90° to the ship’s path. How far is theship from the lighthouse:7) at the first sighting?2000 yd.34°rx8) at the second sighting?LighthouseA submarine starts on the surface, and dives at an angle of 13° to the surface. It goesdiagonally a distance of 890 meters before reaching the bottom.x9) How deep is the water where the submarine reachesthe bottom?Bottom 890 mSurfaceh10) How far is it along the ocean surface from where the submarine started to the pointdirectly above where it reached the bottom?

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