[MacDorcha]

"A problem like, "there's a 10-foot ladder propped at a 60-degree angle against a house; how high does it reach?" is quite beyond most freshmen"

you mean side-angle-side? thats a 30-60-90 triangle, so lets see... 5 feet away from bulding... 10 cubed root... 8.6 something or other feet.... up

[Physicist]

you mean side-angle-side?

No...

10 cubed root...

Oh, dear.

[MacDorcha]

5 cubed root.. sorry, just now read the babble i wrote at 2 am... man, it's been a long day