7. A 15 foot ladder is learning against a house so that it is 7 feet from the ground. Whatangle does the ladder make with the ground?8. A plane must begin its descent when it is 80 feet above the ground and 250 feet fromthe airport. At what angle should his descent be if he wants to fly in a straight line fromthe point of descent to the ground?

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Mathematics For Machine Technology

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Chapter59: Areas Of Rectangles, Parallelograms, And Trapezoids

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7. A 15 foot ladder is learning against a house so that it is 7 feet from the ground. What
angle does the ladder make with the ground?
8. A plane must begin its descent when it is 80 feet above the ground and 250 feet from
the airport. At what angle should his descent be if he wants to fly in a straight line from
the point of descent to the ground?

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