A ladder is leading against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 2 feet less than the len

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3 years ago

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gth of the ladder. Find the length of the ladder of the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building is 10feet.

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OlgaM077 [116] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-15T21:30:57+03:00

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ans= 4

assume that the length of ladder is x

assume length of wall to top of ladder is x-2

the bottom is 10

use pythagoras to find x (hypotenuse)

should get 4 by factorising and squaring towards the end