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If my ladder is 6m long and its foot is 1.5m from a vertical wall how far can the ladder reach up the wall?
8 years ago

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Reiny
Make a sketch and you will see that you can use Pythagoras
x^2 + 1.5^2 = 6^2

carry on
8 years ago

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