A 14-foot ladder is leaning against the side of a house.The angle the ladder makes with the ground is 50 degrees. How far is the

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zubka84 [21]

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A 14-foot ladder is leaning against the side of a house.The angle the ladder makes with the ground is 50 degrees. How far is the

base of the ladder from the house to the nearest tenth of a foot

Mathematics

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VashaNatasha [74] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-24T01:19:35+03:00

Answer:

9 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

You can use cosine to solve this, which is adjacent over hypotenuse. The ladder forms a triangle with the house, and the side you need to solve for is adjacent to the angle. You can set up the equation:

cos(50)=x/14

Then you multiply 14 by cos(50) and get almost 9 ft (rounding to the nearest tenth of a foot).