A 10-foot ladder leans against a wall so that it is 6 feet high at the top. The ladder is moved so that the base of the ladder travels toward the wall twice the distance that the top of the ladder moves up. How much higher is the top of the ladder now? (Hint: Let 8−2x be the distance from the base of the ladder to the wall.)

Step-by-step explanation:

The Pythagorean Theorem holds for both positions.

The first configuration is an 6-8-10 right triangle.

The second configuration using the Pythagorean Theorem:

10^2 = (8-2x)^2 + (6 + x)^2

100 = 64 - 32x + 4x^2 + 36 + 12x + x^2

100 = 100 - 20x + 5x^2

5x^2 - 20x = 0  

5x(x - 4) = 0

x = 4 feet (we throw out the x = 0 solution as extraneous)

a line is an defined derm because it

a)contains an infinite number of points b) can be used to create other geometric shapes c)describes something that does not have width or depth d) is a term that does not have a formal definition. a line is an undefined term because it: contains an infinite number of points.

fist on the left goes with the third on the right. second on the left goes with the fourth on the right. third on the left goes with the second on the right. the fourth on the left goes with first on the right