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Josue leans a 26-foot ladder against a wall so that it forms an
angle of 80° with the ground. How high up the wall does the
ladder reach? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a
foot if necessary.

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Answer:

25.61 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we can draw a picture (see attached picture). With the wall representing the rightmost line, and the ground representing the bottom line, the ladder (the hypotenuse) forms a 80 degree angle with the ground and the wall and ground form a 90 degree angle.

Without solving for other angles, we know one angle and the hypotenuse, and want to find the opposite side of the angle.

One formula that encompasses this is sin(x) = opposite/hypotenuse, with x being 80 degrees and the hypotenuse being 26 feet. We thus have

sin(80°) = opposite / 26 feet

multiply both sides by 26 feet

sin(80°) * 26 feet = opposite

= 25.61 feet as the height of the wall the ladder reaches

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The height of the wall does the ladder reach to the nearest hundredth of the foot is 25.61 feet.

What is a right-angle triangle?

It is a type of triangle in which one angle is 90 degrees and it follows the Pythagoras theorem and we can use the trigonometry function. The Pythagoras is the sum of the square of two sides is equal to the square of the longest side.

Josue leans a 26 feet ladder against a wall so that it forms an angle of 80° with the ground.

The condition is shown in the diagram.

Then the height of the wall will be

[tex]\rm \dfrac{h }{26 } = sin 80 \\\\h \ \ = 26 \times sin 80\\\\h \ \ = 25.61 \ ft[/tex]

More about the right-angle triangle link is given below.

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