The foot of a rescue ladder is placed 10m away from the base of a burning building. The ladder is then extended to 35 m so that it can reach the third floor. What angle does the ladder make with the ground?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

The answer is 73.398 degrees.  See the png file above for the solution

anonymous · Answer

So when the angle isn't given you have to find the lowest number that would go into 35m and 10m?

anonymous · Answer

No you could have left it as 10/35, you didn't have to reduce it to 2/7.  The main point is that you need to use trig and the inverse trig function.

anonymous · Answer

Ah okay! Thanks for the help! I understand now.