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Bob needs to wash the windows on his house. He has a 25-foot ladder and places the base of the ladder 10 feet from the wall on the house. How far up the wall will the ladder reach?

User Tom Netzband
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Answer:

22.9 ft

Explanation:

the height of the wall that reached by the ladder = √ (25²-10²)

=√(625-100)

=√525

= 22.9 ft

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