SOLUTION: A 13 feet ladder is placed 5 feet away from a wall the distance From the ground straight up to the top of the wall is 13 feet. Will the ladder reach the top of the wall?

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Question 1156351: A 13 feet ladder is placed 5 feet away from a wall the distance From the ground straight up to the top of the wall is 13 feet. Will the ladder reach the top of the wall?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, MathTherapy:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ladder is 13 ft.
It represents the hypotenuse of the right triangle
Hypotenuse is the longest side.
Here it is not
so it wont reach the window

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 13 feet ladder is placed 5 feet away from a wall the distance From the ground straight up to the top of the wall is 13 feet. Will the ladder reach the top of the wall?

The length of the ladder, the distance the ladder is from the wall, and the distance the ladder is "up the wall" ALL form a 5-12-13 right-triangle.
Therefore, the ladder will only get 12' up the wall. That's IT!
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