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A ladder 20 feet long leans against a building, forming an angle of 71° with the level ground. To the nearest foot, how high up the wall of the building does the ladder touch the building?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Height = 20·sin(71°).
sin(71°) ≈ 0.9455, so height ≈ 20(0.9455) ≈ 18.91 ft.

To the nearest foot the ladder touches about 19 ft up the wall.