SOLUTION: a 17-foot ladder is placed against the wall of a house. if the bottom of the ladder is 8 feet from the house, how far from the ground is the top of the ladder?
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Question 31941: a 17-foot ladder is placed against the wall of a house. if the bottom of the ladder is 8 feet from the house, how far from the ground is the top of the ladder?
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the distance of the ground to the top of the ladder:
From pythagorean theorem:
x=15.
Hence, the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 15ft.
Paul.
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