A 30 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 24 feet. If Alexander grabs the ladder at its base and
pulls it 10 feet farther from the house, how far up the side of the house will the ladder reach now? (The answer is not 14 ft.) Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.
By finding the missing base side on the original triangle (which is 18), we add 10 to that number to find the base side on the second triangle. We can then use the equation "sin(21.04) = x/30" to find the missing length side (21.04 is the degree measurement).
