SOLUTION: an 8-m ladder is leaning against house at an angle of 70° with the ground. Determine the distance of the bottom of the ladder from the house, and distance of the top of the ladder

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Question 642266: an 8-m ladder is leaning against house at an angle of 70° with the ground. Determine the distance of the bottom of the ladder from the house, and distance of the top of the ladder from the ground?
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an 8-m ladder is leaning against house at an angle of 70° with the ground. Determine the distance of the bottom of the ladder from the house
= 8*cos(70) m
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and distance of the top of the ladder from the ground?
= 8*sin(70) m