document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=84066>Question 84066</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618203230/algebrahomeworkh>0-618-20323-0</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 16-foot ladder is leaning against a building. How high on the building will the ladder reach when the bottom of the ladder is 5 ft from the building? Round to the nearest tenth.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #60512 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=60512\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here, you can apply the Pythagorean theorem: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to the right triangle formed by the ladder as the hypotenuse (side c), the wall of the building as the vertical side (side a) and the distance of the bottom of the ladder from the base of the building as the base of the right triangle, (side b).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you are looking for the length of side a (the height the ladder reaches on the building) of the right triangle when you know the lengths of the other two sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Substitute c = 16 ft. (The ladder) and b = 5 ft. (The distance of the bottom of the ladder from the base of the wall)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%5E2+=+a%5E2%2B5%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%5E2+=+a%5E2%2B5%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify and solve for a.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=256+=+a%5E2%2B25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"256+=+a%5E2%2B25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 25 from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=231+=+a%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"231+=+a%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+=+15.19868 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+=+15.19868\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Round to the nearest tenth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+=+15.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+=+15.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet.   </SPAN>\n" );
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