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A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of `60^0` with the wall, then the height of the wall is (a)`15sqrt(3)m` (b) `(15sqrt(3))/2m` (c) `(15)/2m` (d) `15 m`

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Let the length of the ladder be =15m(hypotenuse)
Let the traingle be right angled at B
`/_B=90^0`
AB be the base and BC be the height
The angle between the ladder and the wall `/_BCA=60^0`
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