Question

Celine is painting her house. She sets up her ladder 2.5 ft from the house. The top of the ladder is 10ft from theground. How long is the ladder?Draw a picture of the right triangle described.Label the side lengths of the triangle that are given.Label the missing side length x.Solve for x in the equation above. Round to the tenths place.

Answer 1

Ok, here we have the pic, now we are going to find "x" using the Pythagoras theorem;

`x^2=2.5^2+10^2`
`x^2=6.25+100=106.25`
`x=\sqrt[\square]{106.25}`
`x\approx10.3`

the ladder have a long (x) aproximately of 10.3ft.