A ladder 6m long leans against a vertical wall so that it makes an angle of 60^o with the wall. Calculate the distance of the foot of the ladder from the wall

tyjesma

11 years ago

Wrong admin!...here we were given d -hypotenuse=6(I.e the length of the ladder which leanS against d wall) and we were asked to find the distance of the wall to the foot of the ladder(I.e the adjacent)...remember d angle it makes with d wall(60 degrees)...from SOH CAH TOA, wah we have in common here is the "CAH" I.e the A&H which is adjacent and hypotenuse...solving---cos60=A/H...wen we substitute, we get Cos60=x/6 whr 'X' is d foot of d ladder.wen we cross-multiply we get Cos60*6 whr cos60=1/2. .'. 1/2*6= 3...

Nehiemayer

12 years ago

can i get the workings to this question pls!

ABRAHAM TAIYE JOSEPH

9 years ago

USE THE LADA MAKES ANGLE WITH D WALL NOT CONSINDERIN ANGLE OF D FOOT WIT TH GROUND

Stanislaus17

11 years ago

the height of the pole = hyp,the illustration shows a right angle triangle,

marvelousHouver

12 years ago

wrong