SOLUTION: A ladder is placed to reach a tree house. If the height of the tree house from the ground is half the length of the ladder, what is the length from the bottom of the tree to the bo
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Question 226373: A ladder is placed to reach a tree house. If the height of the tree house from the ground is half the length of the ladder, what is the length from the bottom of the tree to the bottom of the ladder?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X^2+B^2=(2X)^2
X^2+B^2=4X^2
X^2-4X^2=-B^2
-3X^2=-B^2
X^2=-B^2/-3
X=SQRT(B^2/3) ANS.
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