Question

The foot of a ladder is on level ground 1.5m from a wall. The ladder leans agents the wall. The angle formed by the ladder and the ground is 70 degrees. Calculate how high up the wall the ladder reaches.
tan 70 = height/1.5
height = 1.5 tan 70°
= ...
153

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