document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=986704>Question 986704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ladder 5m long leans against a vertical wall with an angle of 70 to the ground. The ladder slips down the wall 2m down the ground. Find <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the new angle which the ladder makes on the ground<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b)the distance the ladder has sliped back on the ground from its original position<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have two overlapping right triangles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original triangle measures::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "base angle 70 degree<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse 5 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height on wall 5*sin(70) = 4.7 meters<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the new angle which the ladder makes on the ground<BR>\n" );
document.write( "New triangle measures::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse 5 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height on wall 4.7-2 = 2.7 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "base angle:: sin^-1(2.7/5) = 32.68 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b)the distance the ladder has slipped back on the ground from its original position<BR>\n" );
document.write( "base = 5*cos(32.68)-5cos(70) = 2.5 meters<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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