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A twelve-foot ladder is leaning against a wall. If the ladder reaches 8 ft. high on the wall, what is the angle the ladder forms with the ground to the nearest degrees?

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Recall: SOHCAHTOA


\begin{gathered} sin\theta=(8)/(12) \\ \\ \theta=sin^(-1)0.6667 \\ \theta=41.81^0 \\ \end{gathered}

The final answer


\theta=42^0

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