A 15-ft ladder is propped against a vertical wall. If the

bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall, how high up the

wall is the top of the ladder?

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Mathematics

Giancarlo Hurst

25 September, 11:06

A 15-ft ladder is propped against a vertical wall. If the

bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall, how high up the

wall is the top of the ladder?

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Allison Deleon · Answer 1

13.7477270849 FT

Step-by-step explanation:

if you square the length of the latter (255) and subtract the distance from wall squared (36) you get the squared value of the height (189) take the square root and you have the height.

Wallace · Answer 2

6 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

I drew a grafy of 15ft on one side and then i took the 6ft from the bottom. The i drew a straight line theu the squares that i created and got 6 squares untill it reached the wall.

1 square = 1ft

6 squares = 6ft

A 15-ft ladder is propped against a vertical wall. If thebottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall, how high up thewall is the top of the ladder?

A 15-ft ladder is propped against a vertical wall. If the

bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall, how high up the

wall is the top of the ladder?