Try to imagine this word problem, there is a wall and a ladder leaning against it, the space from the bottom of the ladder is labeled 6 and the length of the height the ladder reaches on the wall is 8. Imagine this as a right triangle now, where the length of the ladder is the hypotenuse and the length of the legs of the triangle is 6 and 8. Because we know this, we can use the Pythagorean theorem, a^2+b^2=c^2
We then plug in the values and you get 6^2+8^2=c^2
When you simplify, you get 36+64=c^2 which is c^2=100
When you solve for c, you get c=10 which would be the length of the ladder :)
I was stuck on the same thing in my class test. I ended up failing but if I get the answers to it I’ll totally send them to you
2x+3=17
subtract 3 from each side
2x+3 -3 = 17 -3
2x = 14
divide by 2 on each side
2x/2 = 14/2
x = 7
