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a 20-foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall of a building, with the bottom of the ladder standing on level ground 16ft from the base of the building. how high up the wall does the ladder reach?
11 years ago

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Ms. Sue
Use the Pythagorean Theorem as I showed you on the last problem. The hypotenuse is the length of the ladder.

11 years ago
Giov sabalo yanez
Answer my question
5 years ago

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