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8 foot ladder how far from the wall should you place the base of the ladder?
It should be placed 2 ft from the wall
How far up the wall is a 13 ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 8 ft away from the wall?
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How far up the wall is a 13ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 8 feet away from the wall?
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A painter is painting a mural on a wall. He has a 20-foot ladder. He needs to work on a part of the wall that is 16 feet above the ground. How far from the base of the building should he place the foo?
Using Pythagoras' theorem the the foot of the ladder should be 12 feet away from the base of the building.
If a 6 meter ladder is against a wall forming a 25 degree angle how far away from the wall is the base of the ladder?
Use the cosine ratio: 5.437846722 meters
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