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To find the length of a ladder making an angle θ with wall ................. trigonometric ratio is used.

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tanθ
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cotθ
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cosecθ
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Solution

The correct option is A cosecθ
Let AC represents the ladder and AB represents the wall.
Let θ be the angle that ladder makes with the wall.
cosecθ=HypotenuseAdjacentSide=ACAB
So the trigonometric ratio cosec θ can be used to find the length of the ladder.
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