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The foot of a 24 ft ladder is placed 6 ft from the base of a building, determine at what height the

ladder rests on the building.

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Answer:

12.6491106

Explanation:

With respect to the angle formed by the bottom of the

ladder with the ground

cos T = 6/14 = 3/7

T = inverse-cosine(3/7) = 64.623006647 degrees

sin(64.623006647) = h/14

h = 14*sin(64.62300647) = 12.6491106