If the ladder is 16 feet long and the window ledge is 12 feet off the ground, how far from the house is the base of the ladder?

10.58 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

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If you think about how it would look in life you will notice that it looks like a right triangle which means we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the far the ladder needs to be from the house.

The Pythagorean theorem is

a is a leg

b is the other leg

c is the hypotenuse

Since the ladder has to go from the ground to the window ledge it is the hypotenuse and the window ledge is a leg

Put in what we know

Now we solve for a

Simplify

a^2 + 144 = 256

Subtract 144 from both sides

a^2 = 112

Take the square root of both sides

a = 10.583

The answer is 10.58 feet

Hope this helps!

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step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

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we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b