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It should be 12 ft away from the wall. Not 4 ft. You do not just subtract the difference because as you pull it away from the wall, the ladder is mostly moving horizontally with only a small vertical change.
You can use Pythagorean Theorem to find the answer. Think of the ladder as the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the wall and the ground as the legs.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
16^2 + b^2 = 20^2
b^2 = 20^2 - 16^2
b^2 = 144
b = 12 ft
Answer:
Earth's Rotation
Earth spins around its axis, just as a top spins around its spindle. This spinning movement is called Earth's rotation. At the same time that the Earth spins on its axis, it also orbits, or revolves around the Sun. This movement is called revolution.
when you dive the fractions
2/3 = 0.666666
6/10=0.6000
4/5 = 0.80
6/5 = 1.2
so the answer would be 2/3
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9 = (3/8)y
Solve for y.
Isolate y by dividing both sides by 3/8, or multiplying by its reciprocal (8/3)
9 · (8/3) = (3/8)y · (8/3)
72 / 3 = y
y = 24