Question

4.) The top of a ladder of length 15 m reaches a window 9 m above the ground. What is
the distance between the base of the wall and that of the ladder ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

17

Step-by-step explanation:

Pythagoras theorem

a^2 +b^2 = c^2

c^2= 8^2 + 15^2

c^2 = 225 + 64

c^2 = 289

c= $\sqrt{289}$

 = 17

(btw ^ is raised to)