SOLUTION: If a ladder, leaning against the side of a house, has a height of 14 meters, and the ladder is 2.5 meters away from the wall. What is the angle formed by the ground and the ladder

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Question 109660: If a ladder, leaning against the side of a house, has a height of 14 meters, and the ladder is 2.5 meters away from the wall. What is the angle formed by the ground and the ladder?


answer is 80 degrees. need to know how
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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COSX=2.5/14
COSX=.179
COS80DEG=.179 ANSWER.