Question

A ladder leans against a building forming an angle of 55 degrees with the ground as shown in the diagram. The base of the ladder is 5 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?

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Answer 1

A. 9.1 feet
B. 6.1 feet
C. 7.1 feet
D. 8.7 feet

Answer 2

Hint: which trigonometric expression can be expressed as the length of the adjacent side over the hypotenuse?

Answer 3

i don't know

Answer 4

This page might help you then..... http://www.purplemath.com/modules/basirati.htm

Answer 5

ok so it was C

Answer 6

That is not the answer I got.

Answer 7

8.7

Answer 8

yep

Answer 9

thanks pfenn1

Answer 10

you're welcome

Answer 11

23. A ladder leans against a building forming an angle of 55 with the ground as shown in the diagram. The base of the ladder is 5 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?