Homework Help: Geometry

Posted by Cat on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 2:36pm.

A 12 foot ladder is leaning against a house. If the top of the ladder reaches 8 feet up the house, how far is the bottom of the ladder from the base of the house?

Geometry - Reiny, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 3:00pm
This is a straightforward Pythagoras question

x^2 + 8^2 = 12^2

I got 8.94 correct to 2 decimals
Geometry - Anonymous, Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 10:54pm
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