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A 25 foot ladder is leaning against a building. The foot of the ladder is 7 feet from the base of the building. What is the angle the ladder makes with the building?
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A 25 foot ladder is leaning against a building. The foot of the ladder is 7 feet from the base of the building. What is the angle the

ladder makes with the building?

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Answer:

Explanation:

You have the hypotenuse and the adjacent, so use cosine.

SOHCAHTOA

Take the inverse cosine of both sides, which requires a calculator

cos(Ф) = 7/25

Ф = 73.74°

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