Asked by vccccc

A ladder leans against a wall, forming a right triangle with the ground. If the ladder is 10 meters long and the base of the ladder is 6 meters from the wall, what is the angle between the ladder and the ground using the inverse cosine function?(1 point)

53.1

36.9

56.3

60

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use cos θ = adjacent/hypotenuse = 6/10 = 0.6.
θ = arccos(0.6) ≈ 53.13°, so 53.1°.