SOLUTION: A ladder 5 feet long leans against a wall and makes an angle of 65degrees with the ground. Find, to the nearest tenth of a foot, the distance from the wall to the base of the ladde
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Question 1036664: A ladder 5 feet long leans against a wall and makes an angle of 65degrees with the ground. Find, to the nearest tenth of a foot, the distance from the wall to the base of the ladder.
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A ladder 5 feet long leans against a wall and makes an angle of 65 degrees with the ground.
Find, to the nearest tenth of a foot, the distance from the wall to the base of the ladder.
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= 5*cos(65°), in feet.
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