The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60° and the foot of the ladder is 9.5 m away from the wall. Find the length of the ladder.
Let be the ladder of length m and C be the points, makes an angle of elevation 60° with the wall and foot of the ladder is 9.5 meter away from wall.
In a triangle ABC, given that BC = 9.5 m and angle C = 60°
Now we have to find length of ladder.
So we use trigonometrically ratios.
In a triangle ABC,
$\Rightarrow \quad \cos C=\frac{B C}{A C}$
$\Rightarrow \cos 60^{\circ}=\frac{9.5}{h}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{1}{2}=\frac{9.5}{h}$
$\Rightarrow \quad h=19$
Hence length of ladder is 19 meters.
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