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A 40-foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 24 feet. If Jordan grabs the ladder at its base and pulls it 3 feet farther from the house, how far up the side of the house will the ladder reach now? (The answer is not 21 ft.) Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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i think the ladder would reach about 14.4 feet

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its 19.4 because i just got it wrong

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