Question

Marissa climbs a vertical ladder to go down a slide. The slide makes a 25° angle with

the ground. If the ladder is 12 ft tall, what is the length of the slide?

Answer 1

• 28.39 ft

Explanation:

The ladder is the vertical leg and the slide is the hypotenuse of the triangle formed.

The angle opposite the ladder is 25°, slide has the length of x.

• sin 25° = opposite/hypotenuse
• sin 25° = 12/x
• x = 12/sin 25°
• x = 28.39 ft