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Mamadou leans a 18-foot ladder against a wall so that it forms an angle of 75° with the ground. What's the horizontal distance between the base of the ladder and the wall?
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Mamadou leans a 18-foot ladder against a wall so that it forms an angle of 75° with

the ground. What's the horizontal distance between the base of the ladder and the
wall?

User Bejado
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The answer is ≈ 4.66 ft

This was solved using trigonometry, with cos being used to find the horizontal component, the distance between the base of the ladder and the wall. The expression used was 18cos(75)
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