document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=249769>Question 249769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A fire is raging in an apartment house.  You see kids in a window in an upstairs window.  The window is 24feet off the ground.  You have a ladders, but it only extends to only 30 feet.  How far from the building must you place the ladder to reach the kids?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please solve and answer.  Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #181860 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=181860\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a^2+b^2=c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24^2+b^2=30^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2=30^2-24^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2=324<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=18' dist from building to place ladder.<BR>\n" );
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