Given:
Length of the ladder = 20 ft
Distance between base of the ladder and wall = 4 ft
To find:
The angle measure of the ladder to the ground to the nearest degree.
Solution:
Ladder is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Here, we have,
Hypotenuse = 20 ft
Base = 4 ft
In a right angle triangle,
Taking cos inverse on both sides, we get
Therefore, the correct option is A.