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A ladder makes an angle of 60° with the ground when placed against a wall. If the foot of the ladder is 2 m away from the wall, the length of the ladder is:

  1. (43)\Big(\dfrac{4}{\sqrt{3}}\Big) m

  2. 434\sqrt{3} m

  3. 222\sqrt{2} m

  4. 4 m

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A ladder makes an angle of 60° with the ground when placed against a wall. If the foot of the ladder is 2 m away from the wall, the length of the ladder is: Volume And Surface Area of solid RSA Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 10.

Let the length of ladder (AB) be L.

Distance (CB) from wall (AC) to the foot of ladder = 2 m

The angle the ladder makes with the ground is 60°.

In triangle ABC,

cosθ=Basehypotenusecos60=2L12=2LL=4 m.\Rightarrow \cos \theta = \dfrac{\text{Base}}{\text{hypotenuse}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \cos 60^{\circ} = \dfrac{2}{L} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{2} = \dfrac{2}{L} \\[1em] \Rightarrow L = 4 \text{ m}.

Hence, option 4 is the correct option.

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