Question

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?

Answer 1

6 feet

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

Answer 2

13.7477270849 FT

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.