SOLUTION: An A-frame lake house is 21 feet wide. If the roof of the home makes a angle with the base of the home, what is the length of the house from ground level to the peak of the roo

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Question 158564: An A-frame lake house is 21 feet wide. If the roof of the home makes a angle with the base of the home, what is the length of the house from ground level to the peak of the roof?
Larson, R., Hostetler, R. P., & Edwards, B. H. (2005). Trigonometry a graphing approach (4th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We need to know at least one angle, in order to do this.
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