SOLUTION: a five foot step ladder is placed 6 feet from a point that is also 15 feet from an orange tree.What is the height of the orange tree?
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Question 550714: a five foot step ladder is placed 6 feet from a point that is also 15 feet from an orange tree.What is the height of the orange tree?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a five foot step ladder is placed 6 feet from a point that is also 15 feet from an orange tree.What is the height of the orange tree?
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I don't see any connection.
The ladder is placed some distance from the tree, no relation to its height.
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