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Question 768496: A 14-foot ladder is resting against a wall and makes an angle of 54° with the ground. Find the height to which the ladder will reach on the wall. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A 14-foot ladder is resting against a wall and makes an angle of 54° with the ground. Find the height to which the ladder will reach on the wall.
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Draw the picture.
You have a right triangle with hypotenuse = 14 ft:
base angle = 54 degrees.
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sin(54) = height/hypotenuse
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height = 14*sin(54)
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height = 11.33 ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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