SOLUTION: A ladder is leaning against a wall. The distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall is 3 feet less than the length of the ladder. Find the length of the ladder, if the dista

Question 141055: A ladder is leaning against a wall. The distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall is 3 feet less than the length of the ladder. Find the length of the ladder, if the distance of its top to the ground is 4 feet less than the length of the ladder.
I know that visualy the ladder is x, the base from the ladder to the wall is x-3 and from the base to the top of the ladder it is x-4, I just don't klnow how to plug this into an equasion adn solve. Thank you.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use the Pythagorean theorem.

Now use the quadratic equation to solve for x.

You take in from here :)
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