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30 December, 08:28

A ten foot long ladder leans against a wall, with the top of the ladder being eight feet above the ground. What is the approximate angle that the ladder makes with the ground?

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  1. 30 December, 08:29
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    So we got hypotenuse and opposite side so to find the angle we use the trig function

    sin = opposite/hypotenuse

    ¢=angle

    sin¢=8/10

    sin¢ = 0.8

    arcsin¢=arcsin (0.8)

    ¢ = 53.13 degrees
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