SOLUTION: A 25-foot ladder is placed against a building.The bottom of the ladder is 7 feet from the building.If the top of the ladder slips down 4 feet,how many feet will the bottom slide ou
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Question 1097244: A 25-foot ladder is placed against a building.The bottom of the ladder is 7 feet from the building.If the top of the ladder slips down 4 feet,how many feet will the bottom slide out?No,its not 4 feet!!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the original height from
bottom of wall to where ladder
touches wall
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The top of ladder slips down ft, so
Let = new distance from wall to where
ladder touches ground
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The bottom of the ladder slides out 8 ft
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