document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=753718>Question 753718</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Martin is painting his house and needs to reach a point 9 feet above the ground. He places a 10.5-foot-long ladder against the house so that it forms an angle of  with the ground.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Describe the triangle that is formed by the ground, the house, and the ladder. Identify the hypotenuse, the adjacent side, and the opposite side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. To the nearest tenth of a degree, find the angle the ladder forms with the ground. Show your work.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Describe the triangle that is formed by the ground, the house, and the ladder. Identify the hypotenuse, the adjacent side, and the opposite side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with height = 9 ft, hypotenuse = 10.5 ft --------------------------- <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. To the nearest tenth of a degree, find the angle the ladder forms with the ground.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the angle made with the ground be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sin(x) = height/hypotenuse = 9/10.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = sin^-1(9/10.5) = 59 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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