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Question 848391: If a ladder is leaning against a wall and touching the wall 10 meters from the ground, and the angle where the ladder touches the wall is 5 degrees, what distance is the base of the ladder from the base of the wall? Answer by harpazo(655) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I am sorry my first reply confused you.
Here it is:
Angle from ground = 90 - 5 = 85
Let x represent the distance you are looking for
tan(85) = 10/x
x = 10 / tan(85)
x = 0.87 meters
I hope this helps.
