SOLUTION: how far up the wall is a 13ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 8ft away from the wall?

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Question 393676: how far up the wall is a 13ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 8ft away from the wall?
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how far up the wall is a 13ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 8ft away from the wall?
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Applying Pythagorean theorem:
Let h= height up wall
then
h^2 + 8^2 = 13^2
h^2 + 64 = 169
h^2 = 105
h = 10.25 feet