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Marissa climbs a vertical ladder to go down a slide. The slide makes a 25° angle with
the ground. If the ladder is 12 ft tall, what is the length of the slide?

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mhanifa

Answer:

  • 28.39 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

The ladder is the vertical leg and the slide is the hypotenuse of the triangle formed.

The angle opposite the ladder is 25°, slide has the length of x.

  • sin 25° = opposite/hypotenuse
  • sin 25° = 12/x
  • x = 12/sin 25°
  • x = 28.39 ft