SOLUTION: a 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house to celan a window that is 10 feet iff the ground, how far away should the base of the ladder be from the house in order to reach teh win

Question 187541: a 16 foot ladder is leaning against a house to celan a window that is 10 feet iff the ground, how far away should the base of the ladder be from the house in order to reach teh window?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This forms a Right Triangle isn't it? Let's see:

We know by Pyth.theorem

, Distance (Answer)

Thank you,
Jojo
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