SOLUTION: Lorrie Morgan places a 29 ft ladder against the side of a building with the bottom of the ladder 20 ft away from the building How high up on the wall does the ladder reach?
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Question 478555: Lorrie Morgan places a 29 ft ladder against the side of a building with the bottom of the ladder 20 ft away from the building How high up on the wall does the ladder reach?
Answer by wilft1(217) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a^2+b^2=c^2
a^2+400=841
-400 -400
a^2=441
a=21
THE LADDER GOES 21 FEET UP THE WALL
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