SOLUTION: The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. the ladder is 10 feet long. How far above the ground does the ladder touch the wall?

Question 1165616: The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. the ladder is 10 feet long. How far above the ground does the ladder touch the wall?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Assuming level ground and a vertical wall, the ground, the wall, and the ladder form a right triangle, with the ladder as the hypotenuse.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve the problem.

You can do the arithmetic....

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