document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=264217>Question 264217</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ladder leaning against a house makes an angle of 30 degrees with the ground. the foot of the ladder is 7 feet from the foot of the house. How long is the ladder to the nearest foot? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A ladder leaning against a house makes an angle of 30 degrees with the ground. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the foot of the ladder is 7 feet from the foot of the house. How long is the ladder to the nearest foot?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The solution by @mananth is incorrect: it uses wrong value of cosine.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I came to bring a correct solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cos(30) = base / hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.866= 7/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = 7/0.866 = 8.08 meters, approximately.  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>ANSWER</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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