The recommended angle for a firefighting ladder is 75 degrees. When a 110-foot ladder is put up against a building at this angle, the base of the ladder is about 28 feet from the building. The base of the ladder is 8 feet above the ground. How high on the building will the ladder reach?
+36915 right triangle ladder is hypotenuse (110 ft) one leg is 28 ft the other is the height
28^2 + x^2 = 110^2 x = height from truck = 106.38 ft
you must add the eight feet off of the ground to this 114.38 ft
