SOLUTION: Find the length of X The hypotenuse in the triangle. this is a right angle and the 12 is on the side that is straight down and 9 on the bottom. thank you again 2. The base of a

Question 194408: Find the length of X The hypotenuse in the triangle. this is a right angle and the 12 is on the side that is straight down and 9 on the bottom. thank you again
2. The base of a ladder is 6 feet away from the wall. to the nearest tenth of a foot, how high is the top of the ladder from the floor?

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1. Using the Pythagorean theorem:
the hypotenuse is side c (x in this problem) and a = 12 and b = 9, so...

Take the square root of both sides.

The length of X is 15 units.
2. The answer to this question is...it depends on the length of the ladder, a critical piece of information that is not provided.
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