16 electrical
line
telephone
line
For Exercises 1 and 2, refer to the figure, which shows
a utility pole with an electrical line and a telephone
line. The angled wire is a tension wire. Assume that
the electrical line and the telephone line are
perpendicular to the utility pole. (For these exercises.
you may think of the utility polo as a line.)
1. Identify any transversals in the figure. Explain your reasoning,
utility pole
tension wire