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A wall is 60 feet tall. To avoid tipping over, the ladder must be placed 11 feet from the base of the wall. How tall of a ladder must you have to reach all the way to the top of the 60 foot wall?

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61 feet is the answer okkkkkkkkk
User Jkaufmann
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61 feet

I got this by doing the pythagorean theorem, which is a^2+b^2=c^2

Plugging in the values, it is 60^2+11^2=c^2

Once solved, it gives you 61 feet
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