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While shopping at his local home improvement store, Chen noticed that the directions for an extension ladder state, “This ladder is most stable when used at a 60° angle with the ground.” He wants to buy a ladder to paint a two-story house. How long does his ladder need to be in order to reach the top of the house if the house is 27 feet tall?

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The length of the ladder needed to reach the top of the house is 31.2 feet.

Trigonometric ratio is used to show the relationship between the sides and the angles of a right angled triangle.

Let d represent the length of the ladder. Using trigonometric ratio:

[tex]sin(60)=\frac{27}{d} \\\\d=\frac{27}{sin(60)} =31.2\ feet[/tex]

The length of the ladder needed to reach the top of the house is 31.2 feet.

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