A 30-foot ladder is leaning against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 20 feet from the wall. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?

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A 30-foot ladder is leaning against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 20 feet

from the wall. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?

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Answer: it reaches 50 feet :)

Step-by-step explanation:

30+20=50

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Answer:

22.36 ft.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pythagorean theorem; it's just b=c2﹣a2=30 squared﹣20 squared=22.36068

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