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9. The top of a ladder reaches a point on the wall above the ground. If the foot of the ladder makes an angle of

   

with the ground, find the length of the ladder.

As per information given in the question,

Let us assume that PR be the ladder and PQ is the wall and the point which is above the ground is represented by P

Then,

In ΔPQR,

Therefore, the length of the ladder is