Homework Help: Math

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 3:37pm.

A 5 feet long ladder leans against a wall and makes an angle of 65 degrees with the ground. find, to the nearest tenth of a foot, the distance from the wall to the base of the ladder.

Math - dylan, Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 5:04pm
90/65=.7222*5=3.6111+5=8.6111

8.1 feet

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