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4 years ago

A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 3 feet

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Thepotemich [5.8K]4 years ago

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Answer:

39 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question;

let length of ladder =x feet

height of ladder will be=x-3 feet

ground distance of ladder bottom to building=15 feet

Applying Pythagorean relation

a²+b²=c²

where a=15 feet b=x-3 feet and c=x feet thus

x²-15²=(x-3)²

x²-225=x²-6x+9

collect like term

x²-x²-225-9=-6x

-234= -6x

x= 39 feet length of ladder

distance from ground to top of ladder= 39-3=36 feet

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