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Bas_tet [7]
3 years ago
14

The top of a ladder rests at a height of 15 feet against the side of a house. If the base of the ladder is 6 feet from the house

, what is the length of the ladder? Round to the nearest foot.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Advocard [28]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The length of the ladder is 16\ ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

L ----> the length of the ladder

we know that

Applying the Pythagoras theorem

L^{2}=15^{2} +6^{2}

L^{2}=261

L=\sqrt{261}\ ft

L=16\ ft

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