document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254189>Question 254189</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The foot of a ladder is placed 6 feet from a wall. If the top of the ladder rests 8 feet up on the wall, how long is the ladder?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "That would depend on whether or not the wall and the ground form a perfect right angle.  Based on that presumption, you can proceed one of two ways:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have a right triangle with legs of 6 and 8, so the hypotenuse, which is the length of the ladder is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ c\ =\ \sqrt{6^2\ +\ 8^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or you could note that 6 is 2 times 3 and 8 is two times 4, so you have a right triangle with legs in the proportion 3:4 which means the hypotenuse must be in proportion 3:4:5, hence 2 times 5 is 10 which is the length of the ladder.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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