document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=209816>Question 209816</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm having a lot of trouble with this one:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It  is  a  right  triangle,  with  hypotenuse = 15,  and  one  angle  =70 deg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let  the  distance  to  the  wall  be  x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the  trig  function  is  adjacent / hyp or cos<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore,,,,cos 70 = x/15,,,or  x=15 cos 70 = 5.13<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check. cos  70 = 5.13 / 15 = .3420,,,,ok<BR>\n" );
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