Question

Jason accidentally locked himself out of his apartment, but remembered that he left a window open. The window is 8 feet above the ground. Since he works part-time at the local hardware store, he went to the store to borrow a ladder. There's a row of bushes along the edge of the apartment, so he will have to place the ladder 6 feet from the building. What length of ladder will Jason need to reach the window?

Answer 1

10 ft

Explanation:

Pythagorean theorem (a^2 + b^2=c^2) to find the length of the hypotenuse, or the diagonal distance. a and b are the two sides a = 8 and b = 6.

8^2 + 6^2 = 100

`√(100)` = 10

The ladder needs to be 10 ft