It form a right triangle
legnth of ladder is hypotonuse
bottom of ladder from wall distance is one leg
distance up wall is other leg
a^2+b^2=c^2
c=hypotonuse and a and b are legs
4^2+b^2=20^2
16+b^2=400
minus 16 both sides
b^2=384
sqrt both sides
b=8√6 ft
aprox
b=19.59ft from ground
Answer. the answer for the problem you asked is A
Length of the base = 16 km.
Length of the hypotenuse = 34 km.
✎ The length of the missing leg ''".
The length of the missing leg "a" is.
Using Pythagoras theorem, we have
Hence verified. ✔
He travels approximately 45 miles