A 16-foot ladder leans against the side of a building. The top of the ladder touches the side of the building at 12 feet above the ground. How far away from the base of the building is the bottom of the ladder?

answer: since the question is talking about growth you have to use the growth formula which is inital amount (1 + growth)^time

step-by-step explanation:

the intial amount is 1200, the growth is 4.8, and the time is 7. plug those numbers into the equation, also i think you have to change 4.8 into a percent. but, i have forgotton how to do that. if this is a online class go on to the lesson.