Question

A 110 m ladder rests against the side of a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 1.75 m from the base of the wall Determine the measure of the ange between the ladder

and the ground, to the nearest degree.

Answer 1

angle between the ladder and the ground = 89.1°

Explanation:

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We are provided with adjacent which is 1.75 meters and hypotenuse with 110m and asked to find angle between the ladder and the ground.

Here, we will take angle between ground and ladder as x.

using sohcahtoa method,

`(adjacent)/(hypotenuse) = cosx`

`(1.75)/(110) = cosx`

`x = cos^(-1) ((1.75)/(110))`

x = 89.1°