SOLUTION: A 15 feet ladder is leaning against a wall. The base of the ladder is 3 feet from the wall. How high above the ground is the top of the ladder?
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Question 351509: A 15 feet ladder is leaning against a wall. The base of the ladder is 3 feet from the wall. How high above the ground is the top of the ladder?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ladder, ground ,and the wall form a right triangle.
ladder = hypotenuse
wall and distance from base = legs
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15^2-3^2= H^2
225-9= H^2
216 = H62
H= sqrt 216
Height = 14.7 feet
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