A 12 ft ladder is place 5 feet from a build. Approximately how high does the ladder reach
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Answer:
520 feets
Step-by-step explanation:
The height of the building, h can be obtuined using trigonometry ;
From the attached diagram, opposite side = 300 feets ; height, h = adjacent side
Hence,
Tan θ = opposite / Adjacent
Tan 30° = 300 / height
0.5773502 = 300 / height
Height = 300 / 0.5773502
Height = 519.615
Height = 520 feets
Micah did not explain the last step correctly. You cannot cross out a term from the numerator and denominator unless it is a factor. In other words, x² needed to be multiplied and not added in order to cross it out.