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A 17-foot ladder is leaning on a tree. The bottom of the ladder on on the ground at a distance of 8 feet from the base of the tree. The base of the tree and the ground form a right angle as shown.

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What is the distance, in feet, between the ground and the top of the ladder?

15 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Since, it's a right triangle, we will use the Pythagorean theorem formula:

a and b are the straight sides and c is the ladder (hypotenuse).

Solve for :

step-by-step explanation:

this is not a question

the length of o'p' is .

step-by-step explanation:

it is given that the quadrilateral m'n'o'p' is the image of quadrilateral mnop after dilation.

the center of dilation is origin and the scale factor is 1.5.

in dilation the image and preimge are similar figures. it means the sides of image and preimage are proportional.

the scale factor is defined as

the scale factor is 1.5.

multiply both sides by op.

note: if the value of op is given, then multiply the value of op with 1.5 to get the length of side o'p'.

therefore length of o'p' is .