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A 24 ft tall ladder is placed so that it reaches 20 ft up on the wall of a house how far is the base of the ladder from the wall of the house?
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Maiya Legros
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∙ 14y agoApproximately 13.27 ft
Using pythagorean theorm:
a²+b²=c² (c being the length of the hypotenuse)
20²+b²=24²
400+b²=576
b²=176
b= root of 176
b= approx. 13.27
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