If a 20 foot ladder makes a 65 degree angle with the ground how many feet up a wall will it reach?
To solve use sin theta = opposite/hypotenuse. Plug in to get sin 65 = x/20ft, solve for x. The ladder will reach 18.126 ft up.
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