SOLUTION: The foot of a ladder is placed 9 feet away from a wall. If the top of the ladder rests 13 feet up on the wall, find the length of the ladder.
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Question 1155925: The foot of a ladder is placed 9 feet away from a wall. If the top of the ladder rests 13 feet up on the wall, find the length of the ladder.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a right triangle with legs 9 and 13, and the ladder is the hypotenuse.
the square of those number is 81 and 169
their sum is 250
sqrt(250)=15.81 feet
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