SOLUTION: the painter leans a ladder against one wall of the house. the ladder is 23 feet long. the base of the ladder is 17ft from the house. how high is the wall. round approxiamations to
Algebra.Com
Question 964963: the painter leans a ladder against one wall of the house. the ladder is 23 feet long. the base of the ladder is 17ft from the house. how high is the wall. round approxiamations to the nearst tenth
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's a right triangle.
Use Pythagoras.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A painter leans a ladder against one wall of a house. The ladder is 16ft long. The base (answered by RAY100)
A painter leans a ladder against the side of a house to paint the windows. The base of... (answered by ewatrrr)
2) A painter leans a ladder against one wall of a house. The ladder is 24 ft long. The... (answered by priya)
A ladder 6m long leans against the wall. It is 3m from the base of the wall. How far up... (answered by josgarithmetic)
a painter leans a 20 foot ladder against a wall. The top of the ladder is 16 feet above... (answered by edjones)
the end of a ladder is sitting on the ground 6 feet from a wall and as it leans against a (answered by mananth)
Alexandra needs to reshingle her roof. She leans a ladder against the the wall of the... (answered by TimothyLamb)
A 15 foot ladder leans up against a building, The foot of the ladder is 5 feet from the... (answered by JulietG)
a 22-foot ladder is leaning against a house with the base of the ladder 4 feet from the... (answered by Alan3354)