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Question
The top of a ladder reaches a pcint on the wall 5 m above the ground. If the foot of the ladder makes an angle of 30° with the ground, find the length of the ladder.
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Solution
Here, AC is the ladder and AB is the point which is 5 m above the ground.
In ΔABC,
sin30° = `"AB"/"AC"`
⇒ `1/2 = 5/(AC)`
⇒ AC = 10
Thus , the length of the ladder is 10 m.
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