a painter leans a 20 ft. ladder against a building . to the nearest ft. how high on the building does the ladder reach?

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anonymous · Answer

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debbieg · Answer

Aren't you missing a piece of information?

debbieg · Answer

Is something said about the angle the ladder makes...? either with the ground, or the building? (maybe it's in a diagram?)

anonymous · Answer

no

anonymous · Answer

nope i gave all the info

debbieg · Answer

Interesting. Well, if that's the complete problem, then I don't think it can be solved. Your instructor forgot to include an important piece.

debbieg · Answer

What class is this for?

debbieg · Answer

trig?

anonymous · Answer

its an online test i will copy and paste the question so u can c

anonymous · Answer

yep

debbieg · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

.  A painter leans a 20-ft ladder against a building. The base of the ladder is 12 ft from the building. To the nearest foot, how high on the building does the ladder reach

debbieg · Answer

The base of the ladder is 12 ft from the building.

That's VERY important. :)

debbieg · Answer

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debbieg · Answer

You have a right triangle. You have a side of length 12 and a hypotenuse of length 20. How do you find the missing side, h?

debbieg · Answer

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