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 rounded to the nearest hundredth of an inch? Type the numeric answer only in the box below.

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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 rounded to the nearest hundredth of an inch? Type the numeric answer only in the box below.

anonymous · Answer

I can attach a visual?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Thats the visual

anonymous · Answer

sin 60 = x / 158
x = 158 sin 60  ins

anonymous · Answer

How would I put that in the calculator to get the right anwser? @daijones

hero · Answer

158 sin(60) into your calculator. Make sure you're in degree mode.

anonymous · Answer

-0.3048106211022167 this is what i got :O it cant be right???

anonymous · Answer

nope

hero · Answer

Did you make sure you are in degree mode?

anonymous · Answer

http://www.ecalc.com/ this is what i used

hero · Answer

Handheld calc is what you should have

hero · Answer

If you're going to use an online calc, you should only use wolfram alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=158+sin%2860%29

anonymous · Answer

I dont have mine, it was broken ;((

hero · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

ok THANK YOU SO MUCH, can you help me on another one? my next one is really hard!