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Question 1192764: ``PROBLEM SOLVING. Analyze. Solve. Answer.
Draw diagrams wherever necessary. Round off your final answers up to 2 decimal places.
1.A 4.5-meter ladder leans against a building. If the top of the ladder is 3.75 meters above the ground, what is the angle made by the ladder with the ground?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The 4.75 m ladder mss the hypotenuse
the top of the ladder is 3.75 m above the ground, the opposite side to the angle with the ground.
sin theta=3.75/4.5=15/18 or 5/6
Arc sin (5/6)=56.44 deg.