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Q) A 5m long ladder is placed against a wall with its foot 1.8m from the wall.Find how far up
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Q) A 5m long ladder is placed against a wall with its foot 1.8m from the wall.Find how far up the wall the ladder reaches?
Please,please help me.
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, richwmiller, Vladdroid:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's a right triangle.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we have two sides of a right triangle
the hypotenuse is the ladder.
5^2=1.8^2+x^2
solve for x to find the height on the wall.
x = 4.66476
Answer by Vladdroid(91) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we have two sides of a right triangle
the hypotenuse is the ladder.
5^2=1.8^2+x^2
solve for x to find the height on the wall.
x = 4.66476
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