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A 16 foot ladder leaning against a wall makes a 66-degree angle with the ground. How far up the wall does the laddar reach?

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Answer: About 15 feet off the ground

The more accurate value is 14.6167273222817 but even this value is not fully exact.

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Work Shown:

Refer to the diagram below.

sin(angle) = opposite/hypotenuse

sin(66) = x/16

16*sin(66) = x

x = 16*sin(66)

x = 14.6167273222817

x = 15

The ladder reaches roughly 15 feet off the ground, when rounding to the nearest whole number.

I'm rounding to the nearest whole number since the other length (16 ft) is a whole number. Round however you need to if your teacher instructs otherwise.

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