A few days ago
a ladder is 10 feet long and leans against a wall. The foot of the?
ladder is 6 feet from the base of the wall. How high up the wall does the top of the ladder rest?
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A few days ago
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Pythagorean Theorem, girl.
A squared plus B squared equals C squared.
The wall is 8 feet tall.
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A few days ago
this presumes that the wall is exactly 90 degrees angle with the ground..
so the pythagorean theorem applies.
the sum of the squares of the 2 adjacent sides equals the square of the hypotenuse.
Oh, the answer is 8 feet.
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5 years ago
answer……….2 feet Let X = distance top moves = distance bottom moves In the final position, using Pythagoras……(8 – X)^2 + (6 + x)^2 = 10^2 This reduces to X = 2
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A few days ago
if the ladder is 10 ft tall six ft at the base is to far away from the wall’ but off the top of my head i guess it would be 4 ft up the wall
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A few days ago
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
—substitute in—
a^2 + (6)^2 = (10)^2
a^2 + 24 = 100
a^2 = 76
–take square root–
a = 8.71
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A few days ago
A sq. + B sq. = C sq.
10 sq. + 6 sg. = C sq.
You finish the rest.
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A few days ago
8 ft.
A^2+B^2=C^2
C=10ft
A=6ft
therefore B=Squareroot(C^2-A^2)=SR(100-36)=SR(64)=8
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A few days ago
4 feet or 8 feet?Don’t call me stupid for not knowing this.But I think it’s one or the other.
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A few days ago
6(squared) + b(squared)=100
8 feet.
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A few days ago
8 feet…i think you would need more to secure it.
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