Question 1133893

A 13 ft ladder is leaning against a wall . The distance from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the wall is 7 ft more than the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall. Find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall.
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With the hypotenuse (ladder's length) being 13, and the LONGER leg being greater than the shorter by 7, we get a classic 5-12-13 Pythagorean triple.
This means that the side being sought, or the shorter leg = {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,2, 5, feet))}}}