Question

The ladders shown below are standing against the wall at the same angle. How high up the wall does the longer ladder go? (All measurements are in feet.)

26 ft


14 ft


12.5 ft


11.25 ft

Answer 1

I’m not sure what the exact answer is but if you think about it the length of the latter is how far away the top of the ladder and bottom of the latter are apart. So at the exact amount of how many feet you have to cut off of the ladder for it to not reach the ground subtract that from the length and then get your answer

Answer 2

12.5

Explanation: