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Right-triangle rig. Attachment height at 1.92 m. Wire length needed 9.2 m, Wire available 15 m. Currently wire length needed is short by 5.797 m.TUNINGBASEWIRE LENGTH NEEDED9.2 m1.92 M
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Wire length needed

9.2m

Wire available

15m

1.92 m

Right-triangle rig. Attachment height at 1.92 m. Wire length needed 9.2 m, Wire available 15 m. Currently wire length needed is short by 5.797 m.

What has to balancea2+b2=c2a^2 + b^2 = c^2

What is happening

You are called to a radio mast held by a guy wire on a rocky slope.

The wire is being fixed to the wrong point on the mast. The anchor sits 9 m from the base, and the wire is exactly 15 m long.