Question

Rebekah put the bottom of a 12 foot ladder 5 feet from the side of a house what is the distance form the bottom of the house to the top of the ladder

Enter the answer as an expression or as a decimal to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

13

Explanation:

12^2 + 5^2 = c^2

144 + 25 = c^2

169 = c^2

13 = c