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A 30m ladder and a 26m ladder were leaned against a building. The bottom of the longer ladder was 8m father from the building than the bottom of the shorter ladder, but both ladders reached the same distance
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A 30m ladder and a 26m ladder were leaned against a building. The bottom of the longer ladder was 8m father from the building than the bottom of the shorter ladder, but both ladders reached the same distance up the building. Find this distance

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Answer: the distance is approximately 7m

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