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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3 years ago

Select the graph that would represent the best presentation of the solution set.<br> \absP > 3

m_a_m_a [10]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

there's no graph selection attached. Can you upload it and then I can help?

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2 years ago

Question 8 of 10

Andreyy89

Median and IQR are the most appropriate measures of center and spread for this data set.

<h3>Why are Median and IQR the most appropriate?</h3>

Among the 3 central tendencies that includes the mean, median and mode; the median is the better measure because of the followings:

Mean is affected by extreme values
Mean is not correct if more outliers are present
Mean may not represent the nature of the data whether skewed right or left.

Also, the median as the middle entry is not affected by extreme items or outliers, so the median is better than mean,

Furthermore, for the measure of spread, the IQR is better since extreme items will show higher std deviation and also some outliers mislead.

Therefore, Option B is correct.