SOLUTION: A 13 foot ladder is leaned against a wall so that the ladder reaches a height of 12 feet on the wall. How far from the wall will the other end of the ladder be?
My answer is:
A^
Algebra.Com
Question 133293This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Algebric Modeling
: A 13 foot ladder is leaned against a wall so that the ladder reaches a height of 12 feet on the wall. How far from the wall will the other end of the ladder be?
My answer is:
A^2 * B^2 = C^2
(12)^2 + B^2 = (25)^2
144 + B^2 = 625
B^2 = 481
B = 21.9317122
This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Algebric Modeling
Answer by oscargut(2103) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A^2 * B^2 = C^2
(12)^2 + B^2 = (13)^2
144 + B^2 = 169
B^2 = 25
B = 5
RELATED QUESTIONS
A 13 foot ladder is leaned against a wall so that the ladder reaches a height of 12 feet... (answered by jim_thompson5910,nerdybill,richwmiller)
A 25 foot ladder is leaned against a wall so that the ladder reaches a height of 7 feet... (answered by Fombitz)
A fifteen foot long ladder is leaned against a wall so that the distance it reaches up... (answered by josgarithmetic)
13
-foot ladder is placed so that it reaches to a point on the wall that is
2 feet... (answered by josgarithmetic)
A 20 foot ladder is leaned up against a wall with its foot 6 feet away from the wall. A... (answered by DrBeeee)
Mr. Zito leaned a 10 foot ladder against the wall, placing the bottom of the ladder on... (answered by mananth)
The foot of an extension ladder is 15 ft from a wall. The ladder is 5 ft longer than the (answered by Fombitz)
please help me to solve the following word problem. A 20 foot ladder is leaned against a (answered by Alan3354,Theo)
a ladder that is 7 meters long leans up against a wall. The top of the ladder reaches 6.5 (answered by dkppathak)