A 13-foot ladder is leaning against a building, forming a right triangle. The height where the ladder touches the building is se
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20.9 ft
This is a right triangle trigonometry question because N is 90 degrees. MN is adjacent to M and LM is the hypotenuse. Adjacent any hypotenuse use the cosine function.
plug in known values
switch cos(20) and x using the products property
plug into calculator to get 20.9 ft
This is a right triangle trigonometry question because N is 90 degrees. MN is adjacent to M and LM is the hypotenuse. Adjacent any hypotenuse use the cosine function.
plug in known values
switch cos(20) and x using the products property
plug into calculator to get 20.9 ft