Question

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A 12-foot ladder is leaning on a tree. The bottom of the ladder on the ground at a distance of 7 feet from the
base of the tree. The base of the tree and the ground form a right angle as shown.
[not drawn to scale]
What is the distance, in feet, between the ground and the top of the ladder?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

if you're rough ding to the nearest tenth, in that case the answer is 9.3 ft