Question

A later leans against the site of a house. The angle of deration of the latter is when the bottom of the latter is 14 from the side of the tone Find thelength of the latter. Round your answer to the nearest ten

Answer 1

Determine the length of ladder by using trigonometry in the triangle.

`\begin{gathered} \cos 63=(14)/(l) \\ l=\frac{14}{\text{cos}63} \\ =30.83 \\ \approx30.8 \end{gathered}`

So length of ladder is 30.8 ft.