SOLUTION: A 12 ft ladder is 6 ft from a wall. how high on the wall does the ladder touch? Im new to this questions any help on steps to solve a problem like this I would appreciate it.

Question 176791: A 12 ft ladder is 6 ft from a wall. how high on the wall does the ladder touch? Im new to this questions any help on steps to solve a problem like this I would appreciate it.
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

That forms a Right Triangle, where the HYPOTENUSE is in question---> the time the ladder touches the wall.
The HEIGHT of the ladder serves as the opposite side=12ft.
The DISTANCE of the ladder to the wall is the adjacent side=6ft.
Then,

=13.416ft(round-pff)
thank you,
Jojo

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