A 10 foot ladder is leaning up against a building. If the ladder makes a 46° angle with the ground. How far up the building will it reach? Round your answer
to three decimal places.

7.193 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

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h  |            \      10 ft

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For the 46° angle, h is the opposite leg. The hypotenuse is 10 ft. The sine is the trig ratio that relates the opposite leg to the hypotenuse.

sin A = opp/hyp

sin 46° = h/10

h = 10 sin 46°

h = 7.193

7.193 ft

let's cover over the formula of the vertex:

y = a(x – h)^2 + k

in this formula, (h,k) are the vertex, always remember that the positive or negative value of the vertex is based on the sign it has.

for example, if the vertex is -3,-6 then both the x and y value would have the positive sign attached to it and if it were a positive x and y value, then a negative sign would be attached to it.

with that being said, for our problem the x value is a positive one so we are looking for a number with a negative sign next to it, in this case the first and second choice.

however, for the first answer choice it isn't quite part of the formula so we know that the answer choice correctly displays the x value.

to confirm, we can see if the -1 fits correctly with the second answer choice, and as mentioned above a negative number will have a positive sign attached to it. so, for our problem we can see that -1 has been changed to +1, so we can confirm that the second answer choice is correct.

hence, our final answer is y=(x - 1)^2 + 1