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Vsevolod [243]
3 years ago
14

A 20 foot extension ladder liens against a building if the base of the latter is placed 6 feet from the base of the building wha

t is the angle of elevation of the latter
Mathematics
1 answer:
goldenfox [79]3 years ago
6 0

For this problem, you're going to need to use trig. More specifically, you need to use the tangent function:

tan (value) = opposite/adjacent

tan 75 = opposite/8 (Here, the opposite side is the length of the ladder)

8 * tan 75 = opposite

29.8564065 = opposite

So, the ladder is 29.9 feet.

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