A ladder is 6 m long.
The ladder is placed on horizontal ground, resting against a vertical wall.
The instructions for using the ladder say that the bottom of the ladder must not be closer than 1.5 m
from the bottom of the wall.
How far up the wall can the ladder reach?
Using the Pythagorean Theorem (a² + b² = c²) you get the equation a² + 1.5² = 6² (or 1.5² + b² = 6²). Then you solve from there and rounding to the first decimal place you get 5.8
