SOLUTION: A plank is 13 feet long and reaches 12 feet up the side of a building. How many feet is the bottom of the plank from the base of the building?

Question 396275: A plank is 13 feet long and reaches 12 feet up the side of a building. How many feet is the bottom of the plank from the base of the building?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

Using the Pythagorean Theorem

How many feet is the bottom of the plank from the base of the building:

  = 5ft 

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