A tree broke 6 feet from the bottom. If the top landed 12 feet from the base, how tall was the tree before it broke?

19.41 feet tall before it broke

Step-by-step explanation:

This just describes a right triangle (assuming the top is still 'connected' to the base ... one leg is the base of 6 ft and one leg is the distance of 12 feet with the hypotenuse being the remaining height of the tree that must be added to the 6 foot base to get the height of the tree before it cracked and fell

Use pythagorean theorem ...

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

6^2 + 12^2 = c^2

180 = c^2

c=sqrt (180) = 13.41 add this to the 6 foot base to get 19.41