A 25 ft. Ladder is placed 8 ft. From the base of the house. How high up the side of the house can the ladder reach?

2 answers

Use the Pythagorean Theorem.

8^2 + b^2 = 25^2

64 + b^2 = 625

b^2 = 561

b = 23.69 feet
A garden is in the shape of a right triangle. One leg of the triangle is 5 feet long, and the hypotenuse is 10 feet long. To the nearest tenth of a foot, how long is the other leg?