Question 1166810: Dunkirk 12 miles Owings If a ladder is leaning against a house, and the base of the ladder is 6 feet away from the house, and the ladder is 18 feet tall, how far up on the house does the ladder lie?
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Dunkirk 12 miles Owings If a ladder is leaning against a house, and the base of the ladder is 6 feet away from the house, and the ladder is 18 feet tall, how far up on the house does the ladder lie?
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y, up the house
6, a leg
18, the hypotenuse
Use Pythagorean theorem formula.
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