Question

You own a 13 foot tall ladder, and need to do some work on the roof of your house. You take your ladder and place one end of it on the ground 5 feet away from your house. Explain your thought process in a short paragraph to answer how far up the wall you expect the ladder to hit. *

Answer 1

Using the Pythagorean theorem, I know that 13^2 is equal to x^2 + 5^2. Using inverse operations, I can conclude that the ladder will reach 12 feet high on the wall.

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