Question

Suppose that a 15-foot ladder is leaning against a wall, making a 71 degrees angle with the ground (as measured from a perpendicular line from the base of the ladder to the wall). How high up the wall is the end of the ladder?

Round your answer to two decimal places.

Answer 1

height is 15 sin(71 deg)

Answer 2

I tried that but my book says its wrong.

Answer 3

what answer did you get?

Answer 4

IDK

Answer 5

I got 14.265