a certain ladder is (square root)61 feet long and is leaning against a house.if the ladder is 6 feet from the base of a house,find the height from the base of the house to the top of the ladder.
what is the length of the hypotenuse?
use the pythagorean theorem to set up an equation to solve for the missing side which is x.

Question

a certain ladder is (square root)61 feet long and is leaning against a house.if the ladder is 6 feet from the base of a house,find the height from the base of the house to the top of the ladder.
what is the length of the hypotenuse?
use the pythagorean theorem to set up an equation to solve for the missing side which is x.

anonymous · Answer

okay, it would help to set up a picture|dw:1405371238983:dw|