<u>Answer:</u>
The height of the ladder is 14.491 feet
<u>Explanation</u>:
Given the height is 11 feet
Base = 7 + 2 = 9 feet
Consider the ladder to be the hypotenuse
Applying Pythagoras Theorem,

Substituting the values in the above formula,
= 112 + 92
= 121 + 81
= 210
H = sqrt(210)
H = 14.491
Therefore, the height of the ladder is 14.491 feet
I don’t really know exactly to what degree you need to put in your solution. But I rounded to the nearest tenth degree.
A = 112 degrees
B= 28 degrees (180-112-40 bc all sides of a triangle must equal 180)
C= 40
a= 27.6 (this is the side opposite of angle A)
b= 14 (side opposite b)
c= 19.2 (side opposite c)
HOW TO SOLVE:
c= law of sines, so c/sin(40) = 14/sin(28), multiply both sides by sin(40) so c can be isolated and solved for. c = 14sin(40)/sin(28). Plug into calculator then get answer. c is approximately 19.2.
a = law of sines again, so a/sin(112) = 14/sin(28). Multiply both sides again by sin(112) then solve. a = 14sin(112)/sin(28). Calculator again. a is around 27.6
Answer:
The distance between the cruise ship and the sail boat is 517 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
The cruise ship is 236 feet tall, and the sailboat is 236 tall; this means the distance between the top of the cruise ship and the top of the sail boat is
236 feet - 27 feet = 209 feet.
We also know that the angel of depression from the top of the cruise ship to the bottom of the cruise ship is 22°. This forms a right triangle as shown in the figure attached.
Now from trigonometry we get:



The distance between the cruise ship and the sailboat is 517 feet.