A ladder of length 6 m leans against a vertical wall so that the base of ladder is 2m from the wall. calculate the angle between the ladder and the wall.

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Did you make a sketch?
If so, you can see that
cosØ = 2/6 = 1/3
Ø = cos^-1 (1/3) = appr 70.5°
If you want the angle between the wall and ladder it will be:

Sine inverse multiplied to 2 divided by 6

Answer is : 19.47122063
19.5 degree(rounded up)
19.5
70.5