A ladder, 6m long, rests against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 2.5m from the base of the wall. What angle does the ladder make with the

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A ladder, 6m long, rests against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 2.5m from the base of the wall. What angle does the ladder make with the ground?

Guest Jan 11, 2015

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Since we know an adjacent side (2.5) and the hypoteneuse (6) of a right tringle, we can use the cosine inverse to find this..... we have

cos^-1 (2.5 / 6 ) = about 65.38°

CPhill Jan 12, 2015

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2015-01-12T05:40:39

Since we know an adjacent side (2.5) and the hypoteneuse (6) of a right tringle, we can use the cosine inverse to find this..... we have

cos^-1 (2.5 / 6 ) = about 65.38°