A 20-foot ladder is placed against a tree. The bottom is located 5 feet from the base of the tree and the top of the ladder is 5√15 feet up the tree. Use tangent to find the angle created between the ladder and tree. Include a sketch that shows all known information and clearly shows what you need to find. Show all work and give the answer rounded to the nearest tenth of a degree.

14.5°

Step-by-step explanation:

The sketch results in an angle of depression problem.

In this case, the opposite side of the triangle formed is 5 ft

The hypotenuse side is 20 ft

The adjacent side is the ft

Using tangent θ = opp/adj

tangent θ = 5/ = = 0.258

θ = 0.258 = 14.5°

x = 17

step-by-step explanation:

1st step: isolate x.

24 - 3x = -27

-24         -24

-3x   =   -51

2nd step: divide.

-3x     =   -51

  3             3

  x       =     17

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