Question

Romeo owns a business that puts up and takes down holiday lights. He is working on a house and places the base of his 20-foot ladder at a 4-foot distance from the house. Using the inverse of sine, what is the approximate angle formed where the ladder rests on the house?(1 point)
Responses

12°
12°

34°
34°

90°
90°

78°

Answer 1

sin⁻¹(4/20) = sin⁻¹(0.2) ≈ 11.54°, so ≈ 12°.