A painter is placing a ladder to reach the third story window, which is 36 feet above the ground and makes an angle with the ground of 70°.
How far out from the building does the base of the ladder need to be positioned? Round your answer to
the nearest tenth.
The base of the ladder needs to be positioned
feet out from the building.

Given: lines a and b are parallel and line c is a transversal. prove: 2 is supplementary to 8 what is the missing reason in the proof? statement reason 1. a || b, is a transv 1. given 2. ∠6 ≅ ∠2 2. ? 3. m∠6 = m∠2 3. def. of congruent 4. ∠6 is supp. to ∠8 4. def. of linear pair 5. ∠2 is supp. to ∠8 5. congruent supplements theorem corresponding angles theorem alternate interior angles theorem vertical angles theorem alternate exterior angles theorem