Question 3 A 44-metres long fire-fighting ladder is leaned against a building, as shown in the diagram. The base of the ladder is 7 metres from the building and 3 metres above the ground. How high on the building will the ladder reach?​

Answer :

The ladder will reach a Height of approximately 43.46 meters on the building.

To find out how high on the building the ladder will reach, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

In this case, the ladder forms a right triangle with the ground and the building. The base of the ladder is 7 meters, the height of the building is what we need to find, and the length of the ladder is given as 44 meters.

Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can set up the equation:

(Height of the building)^2 + 7^2 = 44^2

Simplifying the equation, we have:

(Height of the building)^2 + 49 = 1936

Subtracting 49 from both sides, we get:

(Height of the building)^2 = 1887

To find the height of the building, we take the square root of both sides:

Height of the building = √1887

Calculating the square root of 1887, we find that the height of the building is approximately 43.46 meters.

Therefore, the ladder will reach a height of approximately 43.46 meters on the building.

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