A 12 feet ladder leans against the side of a house. The bottom of the ladder is 9 feet from the side

Publish date: 2024-06-09
A 12 feet ladder leans against the side of a house. The bottom of the ladder is 9 feet from the side of the house. How high is the top of the ladder from the ground? If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.

We have a right triangle, where 12 is the hypotenuse. Using our right triangle calculator, we get:
side = 7.9

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