SOLUTION: if the foot of a 13-meter ladder is placed 6 meters from the base of a building, how high up the building will the ladder reach?

Question 240244: if the foot of a 13-meter ladder is placed 6 meters from the base of a building, how high up the building will the ladder reach?

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use Pythagorean theorem.
The 13 meter ladder will be the hypotenuse, one leg is 6 meters. You are asked to find the other leg
Pythagorean theorem

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