Aladder that is 22 feet long is propped up against a 15-foot-tall building. Use the drop downs to answer the following

questions

What is the unknown information that could be found using the Pythagorean theorem?

What measures represent each variable of the Pythagorean theorem, if b is the unknown length?

What is the approximate length of b, rounding to the nearest hundredth?

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Mathematics

Jaycee Trevino

2 May, 20:49

Aladder that is 22 feet long is propped up against a 15-foot-tall building. Use the drop downs to answer the following

questions

What is the unknown information that could be found using the Pythagorean theorem?

What measures represent each variable of the Pythagorean theorem, if b is the unknown length?

What is the approximate length of b, rounding to the nearest hundredth?

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Andy Robertson · Answer 1

c is 22

Step-by-step explanation:

i just did it

Madilynn Maldonado · Answer 2

1. B

2. A=15, B=?, C=22

3. 16.09

Step-by-step explanation:

1. You can find the length below the ladder to the wall (B) with PT

2. Imagine this as a right triangle, the ladder is slanted so that would make it the hypothenuse and the wall is the bottom of the triangle, and the area between the base of the ladder to the wall is the last part of a triangle.

3. a^2+b^2=c^2, so weplug in a and c to get 259 + b^2 = 484, subtract 259 from 484, b^2=259, finally take the square root of both sides and round to the hundreths place. b=16.09.