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A construction crew wants to hoist a heavy beam so that it is standing up straight They tie a rope to the beam and secure its base (the bottom) Then they pull the rope to raise the top end of the beam off the ground. When the beam makes an angle of 40 degrees with the ground, the top of the beam is 8 feet above the ground There are telephone wires nearby and the workers are worried that the beam may hit the wires. When the beam makes an angle of 60 degrees with the ground, the wires are 2 feet above the top of the beam Will the beam hit the wires if the crew continues to raise it?