SOLUTION: A 15 foot ladder is leaning against a house with its bottom 9 feet from the base of the house. What is the slope of the ladder?
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Question 749230: A 15 foot ladder is leaning against a house with its bottom 9 feet from the base of the house. What is the slope of the ladder?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Trigonometric ratio.
First find the remaining third
side.
15^2 - 9^2 = 144
square root of 144 = 12
Using tan x = opposite/adjacent
= 12/9
x = 53.1 degrees
Slope = 1.3
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