document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=192736>Question 192736</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A painter leans a ladder against one wall of a house.  The ladder is 16ft long.  The base of the ladder is 10ft from the house.  How high does the ladder reach on the wall of the house? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This  is  a  right  triangle  problem,  ground  is  perpendicular  to  bldg,  one  leg  is  10,  another  is  height,  and  hypotenuse  is  length  of  ladder,  16.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use  pythagorous  to  resolve,  c^2=a^2 +b^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16^2=10^2 +h^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16^2-10^2=h^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h^2=156\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h=12.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check,  12.5^2+10^2=16^2   ok </SPAN>\n" );
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