A 25-foot ladder is placed against a building and the top of the ladder makes a 32° angle with the building. How many feet away from the building is the base of the ladder?

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Prix · Answer 1 · 2021-02-09T05:28:05+0000

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since the top of the ladder is making the angle, the of the ladder's base from the building is our opposite and the ladder is the hypotnuse,

sin (32)=opp/hyp, 0.52=opp/25, opp=13 ft