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Dan
Dan asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 10 years ago

Geometry Questions?!?

I just woke up and i can't concentrate, can you help me with this but show how to solve it?

A ladder leans against a house at a 60° angle to the ground. If the ladder extends to a length of 158 inches, what is the height of the house to the nearest hundredth of an inch?

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  • Ram
    10 years ago
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    x/158 sin60

    x/158=root 3 / 2

    x = root 3 x 158 / 2

    136.828

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  • x_whitecrayola
    10 years ago

    basic trigonometry

    sin(60)=x/158

    x=158sin(60)=136.83 inches

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