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A20 foot ladder leans against a wall so that the base of the ladder is 8 feet from the base of the building. What angle does the ladder make with the ground?

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Solution:the ladder is 20 foot, and distance between ladder and building is 8 foot, so this forms a right triangle,

Set the angle is  X 

So the cosine rate is cos X = 8/20 =0.4,  X = 66.4°

The Angle is 66.4° between ladder and ground