A 12 metre long ladder is leaning against a wall. If the base of the ladder is 8 metres away from the wall, how high up the wall does the ladder reach? Enter a numeric value, with no units, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a metre. An answer of 10 metres should be entered as 10.00.
A 12 metre long ladder is leaning against a wall. If the base of the ladder is 8 metres away from the wall, how high up the wall does the ladder reach? Enter a numeric value, with no units, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a metre. An answer of 10 metres should be entered as 10.00.
Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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away from the wall, how high up the wall does the ladder reach?
Enter a numeric value, with no units, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a metre.
An answer of 10 metres should be entered as 10.00.
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