The Pythagoras is the sum of the square of two sides is equal to the square of the longest side. The height of the house is 12 feet, then the correct option is B.
What is a right-angle triangle?
It is a type of triangle in which one angle is 90 degrees and it follows the Pythagoras theorem and we can use the trigonometry function.
Miguel places his 13-foot ladder 5 feet from the edge of his house.
Then the height of the house is given by the Pythagoras theorem.
P² = H² - B²
P² = 13² - 5²
P² = 169 - 25
P² = 144
P = 12
Then the height of the house is 12 feet.
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