document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=33061>Question 33061</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2)  A painter leans a ladder against one wall of a house. The ladder is  24 ft long. The base of the ladder is  18 ft from the house. How high is the wall?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A)  126 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B)   21 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C)   7.938 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D)   15.875 ft \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please let me know how you solved this so I can help myself.   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #19496 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=priya><B>priya(51)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=priya><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=19496\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ladder leans against the wall and makes it a right-angled triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The  wall and the ground are at right-angle (90 degrees)and the ladder is the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotunes  of the triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is a formula to find the side of the triangle(either the base or the height).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let H be the height(unknown here) ,B be the base(18ft) and  L be the hypotunes(24 ft),<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "H= SQRT(L^2-B^2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now substitute the values .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this gives you-  H = SQRT(24^2-18^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                    = SQRT(576-324)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     = SQRT(252)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     =15.875 ft..that is the height of the wall.\r<BR>\n" );
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