SOLUTION: A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 3 feet less than the length of the ladder. find the length of the ladder if
Algebra.Com
Question 1098631: A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 3 feet less than the length of the ladder. find the length of the ladder if the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building is 6 feet.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are forming a right triangle.
The hypotenuse is the length of the ladder
One side is 6 ft. The other side is h-3
So you have 6^2+(h-3)^2=h
RELATED QUESTIONS
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by ikleyn)
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy,stanbon)
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by stanbon)
I need help solving this with the pythagorean theorem.
a ladder is leaning against a... (answered by fractalier,It is costly,addingup,MathLover1)
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by jorel555)
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by josgarithmetic)
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by Boreal)
A ladder is leaning against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of (answered by Boreal)
A ladder is leaning against a wallso that the distance from the ground to the top of the... (answered by josgarithmetic)