The correct answer will be A 40
Answer: C, the answer would be 8
Explanation: simplify by breaking the radican up into a product of known factors, which would leave you with 8
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This is the concept of trigonometry, the distance from the foot of the ladder will be given by:
tan theta=[opposite]/[adjacent]
opposite=17 ft
adjacent=x ft
theta=37°
thus
tan 37=17/x
x=17/tan 37
x=22.56 ft
=22.6 ft (to the nearest 10th of a foot)
