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Assume ladder length is 14 ft and that the top end of the ladder is 5 feet above the ground.
Find the distance the bottom of the ladder is from the base of the wall.
Picture a right triangle with hypotenuse 14 feet and that the side opposite the angle is h. Then sin theta = h / 14, or theta = arcsin 5/14. theta is
0.365 radian. Then the dist. of the bot. of the lad. from the base of the wall is
14cos theta = 14cos 0.365 rad = 13.08 feet. This does not seem reasonable; the ladder would fall if it were already that close to the ground.
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Answer:
50
Step-by-step explanation:
Use pythagoreom theorem to determine the length of the hypotenuse:
a² + b² = c²
- assign side a to 30 and side b to 40
30² + 40² = c²
90 + 160 = c²
250 = c²
Now square root both sides to isolate side c:
√250 = √c²
50 = c
side c = 50
