Question

Angle of 74° with the ground if the foot of the latter 6.5 feet from the wall, how high on the wall is the ladder?

Answer 1

tanα=h/x

h=xtanα, we are told that x=6.5ft and α=74° so

h=6.5tan74 ft

h≈22.67 ft (to nearest hundredth of a foot)