Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

A 36 m long ladder is placed against a wall. It is inclined at an angle of 60° to the ground. The distance (in m) of the foot of the ladder from the wall is 

Options:

18\(\sqrt{3}\)

54\(\sqrt{3}\)

18 m 

36 m 

Correct Answer:

18 m 

Explanation:

cos 60° =  Base : Hyp =     1   :   2 

2R = 36

then 1R = 18 m