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A 12 ft. ladder makes a 33o angle with the side of a house. To the nearest tenth of a foot how high up on the house does the ladder come?

 

I set it up 12xcos33 giving me 10.0

 Jun 2, 2014

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No!  The question says the angle is between the ladder and the side of the house, not the ground.  The answer given by the questioner is correct.

 Jun 2, 2014

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Set up is almost correct, but cos=adj/hyp.  your setup will give you distance of the bottom of the ladder from the wall.  Sin is Opp/Hyp, ergo height of the top of the ladder on the wall.

triangle showing Opposite, Adjacent and Hypotenuse

 Jun 2, 2014
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so it would be sin33=x/12

which gives it 6.5 ?

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No!  The question says the angle is between the ladder and the side of the house, not the ground.  The answer given by the questioner is correct.

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YES the question asker had it right in the first place!

 Jun 2, 2014

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