A Ladder Leaning Against A Wall Makes A 60. How high above the ground is the top of the ladder? The ladder makes an 30.0° angle with the wall.
The base of the ladder is 4 m from the building. Let the length of the ladder is l. A ladder is leaning against a wall.
The ladder will from a right angled triangle with the wall.
Base = 4m angle with ground = 60 degrees height of top of ladder is found by tan = opposite/adjacent tan (60) = opposite/4 opposite = 4 + tan(60) = 6.9m this is the height of the top of ladder above ground. We know that this ladder has a length of eight meters, so that means we could make a right triangle with this. The ladder's length doesn't change, but it's distance in relation to the wall does when the ladder slips down. So i have made the figure for your reference… so in this ab refers to the ladder.