A ladder 16m long leans against an electric pole. If the ladder makes an angle of 65o with the ground, how far up the electric pole does its top reach

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - General Mathematics - 2006 (Objective) Subject: General Mathematics

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A ladder 16m long leans against an electric pole. If the ladder makes an angle of 65o with the ground, how far up the electric pole does its top reach
Answer Details
We can use trigonometry to solve this problem. Let x be the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the electric pole. Then, we can create a right triangle with the ladder as the hypotenuse, x as one leg, and the distance we are trying to find as the other leg. Using trigonometric functions, we know that: sin(65o) = opposite/hypotenuse sin(65o) = (distance up the pole)/16 (distance up the pole) = 16*sin(65o) (distance up the pole) ≈ 14.5m Therefore, the answer is 14.5m.

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