Latest CAT Aptitude Question SOLUTION: The length of a ladder is exactly equal to the height of the wall it is learning against. If lower end of the ladder is kept on a stool of height 3 m and the stool is kept 9 m away

• Placement Papers
• /
• CAT

CAT Question Papers:

(#M40021054) CAT question Keep an EYE

The length of a ladder is exactly equal to the height of the wall it is learning against. If lower end of the ladder is kept on a stool of height 3 m and the stool is kept 9 m away from the wall, the upper end of the ladder coincides with the top of the wall. Then the height of the wall is

a. 12 m

b. 15 m

c. 18 m

d. 11 m

Asked In CAT Alok Kumar (11 years ago)

Unsolved Read Solution (2)

Is this Puzzle helpful?   (15)   (7) Submit Your Solution

Read Solution (2) :

sreenivas reddy  (11 years ago)

let the length of the ladder = height of the wall be 'x', if we follow the procedure of the question the arrangemet forms a right angled triangle with hypotenuse=x,opposite side=x-3& adgescent side=9m
now from the property of right angled triangle
x^2=(x-3)^2+9^2
=>x=15m

Is this solution Helpfull? Yes (2) | No   

Saloni Singh  (11 years ago)

let the height of wall=lngth of laddr=x
den acc to the qn,
we get a right angled triangle iwd height(x-3) as the tools height is 3m,base as 9 as distance b/w ladder n wall is 9m & hypotenuse as x(the length of ladder,
nw solving acc to property of right angled triangle,
x^2=(x-3)^2+9^2
=>x=15m

Is this solution Helpfull? Yes (1) | No   

Please Login to Read Solution.