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pickupchik [31]
3 years ago
9

A ladder leaning against a building makes an angle of 78 degrees with the ground. The foot of the ladder is 5 feet from the buil

ding. How long is the ladder?
Mathematics
1 answer:
tatiyna3 years ago
4 0

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Answer:

  24 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The side adjacent to the angle is given, and the hypotenuse of the triangle is the unknown. The cosine relation applies:

  Cos = Adjacent/Hypotenuse

  hypotenuse = ladder length = (5 ft)/cos(78°) ≈ 24.0 ft

The ladder is about 24 feet long.

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