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Joshua has a ladder that is 15 feet long. He wants to lean the ladder against a vertical wall so that the top of the ladder is 14.2 feet above the ground. For safety reasons, he wants the angle the ladder makes with the ground to be no greater than 78 degrees. Will the ladder be safe at this height? Show your work and label the diagram

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Joshua has a ladder that is 15 feet long. He wants to lean the ladder against a vertical-example-1
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