SOLUTION: If a 41 ft ladder is placed against a building, so that the base is 9 ft away from the bottom of the building. How far off the ground will the top of the ladder reach?

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Question 1055212: If a 41 ft ladder is placed against a building, so that the base is 9 ft away from the bottom of the building. How far off the ground will the top of the ladder reach?

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If a 41 ft ladder is placed against a building, so that the base is 9 ft away from the bottom of the building.
How far off the ground will the top of the ladder reach?
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= 40.

Pythagorean theorem.


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