Question
A ladder is 6m long.How much farther up a wall dose it reach when the foot of the ladder is 2m fro the wall than when it is 3m from the wall?
Answers
Ms. Sue
Time for ye olde Pythagorean Theorem.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
2^2 + b^2 = 6^2
4 + b^2 = 36
b^2 = 34
b = 5.83
3^2 + b^2 = 6^2
9 + b^2 = 36
b^2 = 27
b = 5.2
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
2^2 + b^2 = 6^2
4 + b^2 = 36
b^2 = 34
b = 5.83
3^2 + b^2 = 6^2
9 + b^2 = 36
b^2 = 27
b = 5.2