SOLUTION: a 5 m ladder is resting against a vertical wall. the base of a ladder is 2m from the wall. Keeping its base fixed, the ladder is rotated so that it rests against the opposite wall

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Question 1181294: a 5 m ladder is resting against a vertical wall. the base of a ladder is 2m from the wall. Keeping its base fixed, the ladder is rotated so that it rests against the opposite wall which is 1m.
Determine the angle through which the ladder has been rotated.
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"...so that it rests against the opposite wall which is 1m."

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