Question

A ladder is placed with its foot 5 m from the bottom of the a wall 12 m height the top of the ladder just reaches the top of the wall find the length of the ladder

Answer 1

Answer:

13m

Step-by-step explanation:

given that,

perpendicular = 5m

Base = 12m

hypotenuse = ?

by Pythagoras theorem,

h^2=p^2 + b^2

h^2=5m^2 + 12m^2

h^2=25m + 144m

h^2 = 169m

h=root169m

h= 13m ans

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