SOLUTION: I'm having a lot of trouble with this one: The angle of elevation of a 15 ft ladder is 70 degrees. Find out how far the base of the ladder is from the wall.

Question 209816: I'm having a lot of trouble with this one:
The angle of elevation of a 15 ft ladder is 70 degrees. Find out how far the base of the ladder is from the wall.
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rough sketch might help
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It is a right triangle, with hypotenuse = 15, and one angle =70 deg
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Let the distance to the wall be x
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the trig function is adjacent / hyp or cos
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therefore,,,,cos 70 = x/15,,,or x=15 cos 70 = 5.13
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check. cos 70 = 5.13 / 15 = .3420,,,,ok
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