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A 13-foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall of a building, with the bottom of the ladder standing on level ground 5 feet from the base of the building. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?

The ladder reaches ___ feet up the wall (round to the nearest humdredth)

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Answer:

13^2-5^2=144 then u square root ur answer to get 12 ft up the wall

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