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A ladder of 25ft is placed against a building in such a way that the distance from the top of the ladder to the ground is 12ft more than the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building. What is the quadratic equation used to find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building?
12 years ago

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Answered by Steve
x^2 + (x+12)^2 = 25^2
12 years ago

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