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Answer:
The length of the longer ladder is 35 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
Please check the attachment for a diagrammatic representation of the problem
We want to calculate the length of the longer ladder ;
We make reference to the diagram
Since the two right triangles formed are similar. the ratios of their sides are equal;
Thus;
20/15 = 28/x + 15
20(x + 15) = 15(28)
20x + 300 = 420
20x = 420-300
20x = 120
x = 120/20
x = 6
So we want to calculate the hypotenuse of a right triangle with other sides 28ft and 21 ft
To do this, we use the Pythagoras’ theorem which states that square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the two other sides
Let the hypotenuse be marked x
x^2 = 28^2 + 21^2
x^2 = 1,225
x = √1225
x = 35 ft
Answer:
.894
Step-by-step explanation:
First thing to do is to solve for the height of the triangle, BD. That's easy. We have the length of the hypotenuse and the base, so Pythagorean's Theorem gives us that the height is 8.003255588 which rounds nicely to 8. Now you have to call on the fond memories you have of the geometric mean in right triangles to solve the rest. For the sin of x you need the hypotenuse of that smaller right triangle on the left, side AB. First let's use geometric mean to find AD. The formula for that, now that we know the height, is
Filling that in with numbers we have
and
64 = 16(AD). Solve for AD to get that AD has a length of 4. Now we know two of the three sides in that smaller triangle on the left and can solve for the hypotenuse.
and
so
c=√80 which simplifies to 4√5. That means that the sin ratio for x is
which divides out to .894