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
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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
