Question

A 16 -foot ladder is leaning on a tree. The bottom of the ladder on the ground at a distance of 6 feet from the base of the tree. The base of the tree and the ground form a right angle. What is the distance, in feet, between the ground and the top of the ladder? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

14.8 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

since this is creating a right triangle you can use the Pythagorean theorem which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2, and by plugging in the one leg length and the hypotenuse length you get 14.8324 which rounds up to 14.8