SOLUTION: If a ladder of 15 meters is leant against a wall and reaches only 12 meters up the wall what is the distance between the base of the ladder and the wall
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Question 882234: If a ladder of 15 meters is leant against a wall and reaches only 12 meters up the wall what is the distance between the base of the ladder and the wall
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a ladder of 15 meters is leant against a wall and reaches only 12 meters up the wall what is the distance between the base of the ladder and the wall
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Draw the picture.
You have a right triangle with height = 12;
hypotenuse = 15
base = x
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Use Pythagoras to solve for the base
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x^2 = 15^2 - 12^2 = 225-144 = 81
x = 9 (base)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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