a 40 foot ladder is leaning against a building and forms a 29.32° angle with the ground. How far away from the building is the base of the latter? Round your answer to the nearest hundred

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  34.88 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The relevant trig relation is ...

  Cos = Adjacent/Hypotenuse

We want to find the length of the side adjacent to the measured angle. The hypotenuse is the ladder length.

  cos(29.32°) = distance/(40 ft)

  distance = (40 ft)cos(29.32°) ≈ 34.876°

The base of the ladder is about 34.88 feet from the building.

Additional comment

It extends about 19.59 feet up the side of the building.

the slope of the first function is -3. (3/1)

the slope of the second function is 1. (13-10/6-3).

since |-3| is greater than |1|, the function with the steepest slope is the first.

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