Question

A)
Christian’s kite was stuck on top of a tree. To get it down, he used a 10-foot ladder and placed thebottom 6 feet away from the tree. Which of the following correctly uses a Pythagorean triple to find outhow high the ladder reaches up the tree?
(1 point)
8 feet
4 feet
11.7 feet
6 feet

Answer 1

8 feet

Reason: By the Pythagorean theorem, height = sqrt(10^2 − 6^2) = sqrt(100 − 36) = sqrt(64) = 8 (the 6–8–10 triple).