Question

A painter leans a 34-ft ladder against a building. The base of the ladder is 16 ft from the building. To the nearest foot, how high on the building does the ladder reach?

18 feet
30 feet
38 feet
26 feet

Answer 1

is this the Pythagorean theorem

Answer 2

Possibly.

Answer 3

34^2 - 16^2 = ? Give me that answer and i will continue

Answer 4

900

Answer 5

whats the square root of 900 and you have you're answer (:

Answer 6

thats how you do those problems and yes it is called the Pythagorean theorem just incase your run into one and you dont have openstudy >.<

Answer 7

Thank you :)

Answer 8

So 30 correct?

Answer 9

Yup

Answer 10

Great!