Question 268564: 26 ft long ladder rest against a wall. the distance from the base of the wall to the bottom of the ladder is x. The height at which the ladder rests against the wall is x+14. Find the distance, x, from the base of the wall to the bottom of the ladder.
Answer by azhou4(12)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! When you draw a picture, you'll see that this is actually a right triangle! The length of the ladder is one side and the distance from the base of the wall to the bottom of the ladder is another, and the last one is the height at which the ladder rests against the wall. Once you draw the picture and label the sides, x, x+4, 26, you'll notice you can do the pythagorean theorem.
x squared + (x+4)squared = 26 squared
and then solve! Hope this helps!
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