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5 1 point A high rise apartment is on fire. 1 There are two people in a window that is 14.5 feet above the What angie must the ladder make with the ground in order to 2 Type your answer... 3 4

5 1 point A high rise apartment is on fire. 1 There are two people in a window that-example-1

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Detrmine the angle of ladder by uisng the trigonometric ratio.


\begin{gathered} \sin \alpha=(14.5)/(22) \\ \alpha=\sin ^(-1)(0.66) \\ =41.29 \\ \approx41^(\circ) \end{gathered}

So answer is 41 degree.

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