Length of ladder

Geometry Level 1

A ladder is leaning on the wall such that its upper end touches the wall at the height of 3m and the ladder is inclined at an angle having measure 30 with ground. Find the length of ladder .


The answer is 6.

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4 solutions

Ajay Rajpurohit
Jun 7, 2014

Draw triangle ABC. here, AB = Wall BC = Ground AC = Ladder and measure angle C = 30

therefore, sin C = AB/AC Sin 30 = 3/AC 1/2 = 3/AC (sin30 = 1/2) AC =3 x 2 so, AC = Ladder = 6 m

Edwin Gray
Sep 10, 2018

In a 30, 60, 90 triangle, the side opposite the 30 degree angle is 1/2 the hypotenuse. Ed Gray

Syed Hamza Khalid
May 17, 2017

Rakshit Pandey
Jul 29, 2014

Height at which the ladder touches the wall = 3 m =3m
Angle of inclination ( θ ) = 3 0 (\theta)=30^\circ
sin θ = H e i g h t H y p o t e n u s e \sin \theta = \frac{Height}{Hypotenuse}
sin 3 0 = 3 L \Rightarrow \sin 30^\circ = \frac{3}{L} [Let L be the length of the ladder.]
1 2 = 3 L \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} =\frac{3}{L}
L = 3 2 \Rightarrow L = 3*2
L = 6 m \Rightarrow L= 6m
So, Length of the Ladder is L = 6 m \boxed {L=6m} .





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