2. Bryan is using an 8-ft ladder to pick apples from a tree. The bottom of the ladder makes an angle of 70° with the ground. How high up the tree does the ladder reach, to the nearest tenth of a foot?
2. Bryan is using an 8-ft ladder to pick apples from a tree. The bottom of the ladder makes an angle of 70° with the ground. How high up the tree does the ladder reach, to the nearest tenth of a foot?
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Transcribed Image Text:2. Bryan is using an 8-ft ladder to pick apples from a tree. The bottom of the ladder makes an
angle of 70° with the ground. How high up the tree does the ladder reach, to the nearest tenth of a foot?
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Sketch of the problem that is well labelled.
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Selection of primary trig ratio
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Simplification steps included
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Transcribed Image Text:These application questions must include:
Sketch of the problem that is well labelled.
2.
1.
Selection of primary trig ratio
3.
Show substitution step into trig ratio
Simplification steps included
Final answer that is written in a concluding statement
4.
5.
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