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Firefighters need to cross from the roof of a 25-feet-tall building to the roof of a 35-feet-tall building by using a ladder. The buildings are 20 feet apart. What minimum length does the ladder need to be in order to span the two buildings?

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The ladder needs to be 22.36 feet apart
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