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Question 286881: Please help me if you can. A 15 feet ladder is leaning against a wall. The base of the ladder is 3 feet from the wall. How high above the ground is the top of the ladder? Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Please help me if you can. A 15 feet ladder is leaning against a wall. The base of the ladder is 3 feet from the wall. How high above the ground is the top of the ladder?
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The ladder, wall and ground forms a "right triangle". This allows you to apply Pythagorean theorem.
Let x = height top of ladder reaches
then
x^2 + 3^2 = 15^2
x^2 + 9 = 225
x^2 = 216
x = 14.70 feet
