Question

.A ladder 17 feet long is learning against a wall. If the ladder,vertical wall and the floor from the bottom of the wall to the ladder form a right triangle, find the height of the wall where the tip of the ladder meets if the distance between bottom of the wall to bottom of the ladder is 7 feet less than the height of the wall?.
How to solve it?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem with which Evelyn Glennie was suffering is deafness. Glennie was found to be deaf by her mother since Glennie was of the age 12. She started to lose the power of hearing since the age of 2. She regularly plays barefoot.

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let w be the width of the ground, or the width of the ground where the bottom (foot) of the ladder touches. Let l be the length of the ladder itself. Therefore, the top of the ladder should reach up to 12 feet on the wall.