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Anna has leaned a ladder against the side of her house, if the ladder forms a 72° angle with the ground and rests against the house at a spot that is 6 meters high, approximately how far is the bottom
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Anna has leaned a ladder against the side of her house, if the ladder forms a 72° angle with the ground and rests against the house at a spot that is 6 meters high, approximately how far is the bottom of the ladder from the wall?

Anna has leaned a ladder against the side of her house, if the ladder forms a 72° angle-example-1
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6/AB = tan (72°)
AB=6/tan (72°)=1.95 m
Amswer:The distance that the bottom of the ladder from the wall is 1.95 m.
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