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  • 05-03-2015
  • Mathematics
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A 12-ft ladder is leaning against a building. The bottom of the ladder is 7 ft from the building. How high is the top of the ladder?

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Judodog Judodog
  • 05-03-2015

5 ft off the ground I m pretty sure

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owlfan98 owlfan98
  • 05-03-2015

use the Pythagorean
the whole length of the ladder is the hypotenuse 
\(x^{2} +7 ^{2}=12 ^{2}\)  
49+x=144
-49       -49

9.75

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