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For every 4 feet a ladder rises, the base of a ladder should be placed 1 foot away from the bottom of a building. If the base of a ladder is 7 feet from the bottom of a building, find the height the ladder rises up the building?

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U can do 7 x 4 to get 28 so the height of the ladder is 28 feet
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