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3 friends is going to use a 17 foot ladder to hang up dance decorations. If they put the ladder 8 feet away from the wall, how high up will they be able to reach.
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3 friends is going to use a 17 foot ladder to hang up dance decorations. If they put the ladder 8 feet away from the wall, how high up will they be able to reach.

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They will be able to reach 15 feet up, due to the equation a^2+b^2=c^2, where the unknown is a^2
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