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vredina
5 days ago
7

Henry is painting a house. He placed a 24 foot ladder 15 feet away from the base of the house so that it leaned up against the h

ouse.
Enter the measure of the angle that is formed between the ladder and the ground, rounded to the nearest tenth.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Leona [9.2K]5 days ago
4 0
I think the final answer is approximately 3.2.
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