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Naddik [55]
3 years ago
6

A 13foot lader i upagenst a tree the bottom of the ladder is 5 feet away form the tree how high is the ladder on the tree

Mathematics
1 answer:
SCORPION-xisa [38]3 years ago
7 0

Think of the 13-ft length of the ladder as the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Represent the horiz. distance from foot of ladder to base of tree by x, or 5 ft.

Represent the vert. dist. from base of tree to top of ladder by y, which is unknown.


Then (13 ft)^2 = (5 ft)^2 + y^2, or


169 ft^2 = 25 ft^2 + y^2. This simplifies to y^2 = 144. Thus y = + 12 feeet.


Note: Please pay attention to your spelling: "lader i up agenst a tree" should be "the top of a 13-ft ladder is placed against a tree."

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