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A 12-ft ladder leans against a large house. If the base of the ladder is 5 ft from the base of the house, whatis the angle formed by the ladder and the house? What is the angle formed by the ladder and the ground?

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From the problem, we construct the diagram as follows:

Using trigonometric functions, we have:


\begin{gathered} \sin x=(5)/(12)\Rightarrow x=\sin⁻¹((5)/(12)) \\ \\ \cos y=(5)/(12)\Rightarrow y=\cos⁻¹((5)/(12)) \end{gathered}

Finally, we conclude that:

The angle formed by the ladder and the house: x = 24.624°

The angle formed by the ladder and the ground: y = 65.376°

A 12-ft ladder leans against a large house. If the base of the ladder is 5 ft from-example-1
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