SOLUTION: the distance from the bottom of the wall to the base of the ladder is 5 feet, and the distance from the floor to the top of the ladder is 12 feet. Find the length of the ladder?

Question 655242: the distance from the bottom of the wall to the base of the ladder is 5 feet, and the distance from the floor to the top of the ladder is 12 feet. Find the length of the ladder?
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the distance from the bottom of the wall to the base of the ladder is 5 feet, and the distance from the floor to the top of the ladder is 12 feet. Find the length of the ladder?
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You are working with a right triangle where the horizontal leg=5 ft and the vertical leg=12 ft
length of the ladder=hypotenuse of this right triangle
by the Pythagorean Theorem:
=√(5^2+12^2)
=√(25+144)
=√169
=13
length of the ladder=13 ft
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