1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
yarga [219]
3 years ago
13

A ladder is leaning against a brick wall so that the top of the ladder is even with the top of the wall. If you know that the he

ight of the wall is 20 ft and the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the bottom of the wall is 16 ft less than the length of the ladder, how long is the ladder?
The ladder is ft long.
Mathematics
1 answer:
ASHA 777 [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:   the top of the ladder is at 24 feet from the ground

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the unknown, since we notice that the ladder is the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle formed by the horizontal distance from the wall to the base of the ladder, and the height of the top of the ladder against the wall. We need to find one of the triangle's sides given its hypotenuse and the other side, so we use the formula:

You might be interested in
Diego was trying to write (5^2)^4 with a single exponent and wrote (5^2)^4=5^2+^4=5^6. What should the answer be? Explain Diego'
o-na [289]

Answer:

5^8

Step-by-step explanation:

Diego added the exponents. This was an error. If he was simplifying

5^2 × 5^4, then he could add the exponents and get a correct answer. But his problem had a power raised to a power. In this case, you multiply the exponents to simplify.

(5^2)^4 means

5^2×5^2×5^2×5^2

which is

5×5×5×5×5×5×5×5

which is 5^8.

4 0
3 years ago
What is |1 - 8i|?<br> Please answer this question
valina [46]

Answer:

the answer is complicated it is 5 actully

Step-by-step explanation:

the answer is 5

8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
a salesperson earns 1/20 commission the sale of each car they sell. What is the commission earned on a car sold for $9,800? show
Law Incorporation [45]

Answer:

$490

Step-by-step explanation:

$9800 * 1/20 = $490

9800 * 5% = $490

7 0
3 years ago
In 10 years, a bank account with a 5.25% annual interest rate earned $18,375 as simple interest. What was the principal amount?
sdas [7]

Answer:

The principal amont was $35,000

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a simple interest problem.

The simple interest formula is given by:

E = P*I*t

In which E are the earnings, P is the principal(the initial amount of money), I is the interest rate(yearly, as a decimal) and t is the time.

In this problem, we have that:

E = 18375, t = 10, I = 0.0525

We want to find P. So

E = P*I*t

18375 = P*0.0525*10

0.525P = 18375

P = \frac{18375}{0.525}

P = 35000

The principal amont was $35,000

5 0
3 years ago
In a certain region, there is a 0.1 probability that any checked passerine bird's nest will
mamaluj [8]

Answer:

Probability of at least two cuckoo eggs is 0.738.

Step-by-step explanation:

probability of cuckoo egg = 0.1

probability of not a cuckoo egg = 1 - 0.1 = 0.9

Probability of at least two cuckoo eggs is

= Probability of two cuckoo eggs x probability of 1 not cuckoo egg +

probability of three cuckoo eggs

= 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.9 + 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9

= 0.009 + 0.729

= 0.738  

5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • The price of gasoline was $ .579 a liter. the new price is 130% of the old. what is the new price?
    8·1 answer
  • A chef makes 1 1/2 os soup in a large pot.How many 1 cup servings can the chef get
    8·1 answer
  • Which expression is equal to 37√ ?
    9·2 answers
  • How many ways can you roll a pair of dice and get an odd sum?​
    15·1 answer
  • <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%28%20-%208x%7D%5E%7B2%7D%20%20-%205x%20-%206%29%20%2B%20%28%20-%20x%20%7B%20%7D%5E%7B2%7D%20-
    12·1 answer
  • A bag contains six red marbles and 18 blue marbles what is the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble from the bag
    8·1 answer
  • Valeria and Christina both want to run for class president. In order to appear on the ballot,
    10·1 answer
  • Given that 6 &gt; -2, which statements are true? Check all that apply.
    8·2 answers
  • Bob Sparkle is mixing up a batch of Nuclear Fizz punch. He
    10·1 answer
  • Please help me thank you!
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!