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document.write( "Ladder length = 20 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance from base = 12 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the pythagoras theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20^-12^2= height^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "400-144=256\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 16^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So height = 16 feet. </SPAN>\n" );
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