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You need to spackle a hole in your wall that is 12 feet off the ground. You want to place the bottom of your ladder 5 feet from the wall. Which equation would you use to determine how tall the ladder needs to be to reach the hole? a2 + 52 = 122 a2 + 122 = 52 52 + 122 = c2

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5squares+12squared=Csquared
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length of that ladder would be 5^2 + 12^2 = c^2
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