Question

If you place a 40-foot ladder against the top of a 24-foot building, how many feet will

the bottom of the ladder be from the bottom of the building?​

Answer 1

1

Explanation:

40-41

sine the 24 ladder is on top of the building, then the botom of ladder to bottom of building will be 40 feet away which is actual size of building roundabout

Answer 2

32

Explanation:

a^2+b^2=c^2

24^2+b^2=40^2

b^2=40^2-24^2

b^2=1600-576

=1024

b=sqrt(1024)

=32