A 10-foot ladder leans against a wall with its foot braced 3 feet from wall’s base. How far up the wall does the ladder reach? S

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Inessa05 [86]

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A 10-foot ladder leans against a wall with its foot braced 3 feet from wall’s base. How far up the wall does the ladder reach? S

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viva [34] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-25T05:04:22+03:00

viva [34]3 years ago

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13ft because the length that the object is tilted plus the height it is when its leaning equals the acctual length

anygoal [31] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-25T06:33:35+03:00

anygoal [31]3 years ago

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This is a right-angled triangle and then you can apply a^2+b^2 = c^2
100 = 9 + wallup^2 --> wallup^2 = 91 --> wallup = 9.53939 --> 9.54
Hope this helped.