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Chapter 3: Q. 3.81 (page 365)

John puts the base of a 13-foot ladder five feet from the wall of his house as shown below. How far up the wall does the ladder reach?

Short Answer

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The ladder reaches twelve feet up the wall.

Step by step solution

01

Step 1. Given information

A right triangle is given as

02

Step 2. Use Pythagorean theorem.

By Pythagorean theorem,

a2+b2=c2b2=c2-a2b=c2-a2

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Step 3. Substitute values in the Pythagorean theorem.

We get

c=132-52=169-25=144

By the definition of square root,

b=12

So, the ladder goes up twelve feet on the wall.

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