SOLUTION: An extension ladder adjusts in length from 10 feet to 16 feet. You've leaned your ladder against your house so that, at its minimum length, it touches the base of your first floor
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Question 273642: An extension ladder adjusts in length from 10 feet to 16 feet. You've leaned your ladder against your house so that, at its minimum length, it touches the base of your first floor window, 9 feet above the ground. Without moving the base, how high will the ladder reach when extended (to one decimal place)? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a^2+b^2=c^2
9^2+b^2=10^2
b=base
81+b^2=100
b^2=19
b=sqrt(19)
a^2+19=16^2
a^2+19=256
a^2=237
a=sqrt(237)=15.4 ft
