This ladder and building creates a right triangle with 34 as the hypotenuse and 30 as a side. the Pythagorean theorem says that a^2 + b^2 = c^2 so 900 + b^2 = 1156. b^2 = 256, square root both sides and you get b = 16
In this equation, the y-intercept (+ 5) represents the original height of the plant. 2x represents the amount of growth multiplied by the number of days, x.
