document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=37740>Question 37740</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ladder 12 feet long rests against a wall of a house. the foot of the ladder is on level ground 2 feet from the wall. to the nearest hundreth, what is the measurement of th angle formed between the ladder and the ground ?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #23404 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=23404\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you make yourself a diagram, you would see that the base and the ladder length are given...this would be the adjacent side and the hypotenuse...the trig function these relate to is the cosine function...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos(theta) = adjacent/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos(theta) = 2/12 = .166666...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now take the inverse cosine and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "theta = 80.4 degrees </SPAN>\n" );
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