SOLUTION: A 15 -foot ladder is leaning on a tree. The bottom of the ladder on the ground at a distance of 5 feet from the base of the tree. The base of the tree and the ground form a right a

Question 1184136: A 15 -foot ladder is leaning on a tree. The bottom of the ladder on the ground at a distance of 5 feet from the base of the tree. The base of the tree and the ground form a right angle as shown.
What is the distance, in feet, between the ground and the top of the ladder?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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15 ft is the hypotenuse length.

5 ft is the horizontal leg.

To find vertical leg, apply the Pythagorean formula.

Happy calculations (!)

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