Question

A 15 m long ladder reached a window 12 m high from the ground on placing it against a wall at a distance a. Find the distance of the floor of the foot of the ladder form the wall

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hey MATE!

The wall and the floor are perpendicular so we can apply Pythagoras theorem here:

15² = 12² + x²

=> 225 = 144 + x²

=> √(225 - 144) = x

x = √81

x = 9m


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