document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325877>Question 325877</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ladder is resting against the wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 18 ft. Find the length of the ladder if the length is 6ft more tahn its distance from the wall. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The ladder resting against the wall forms its length which is also the hypotenuse of a right triangle. This is what is being asked for.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the ladder's distance from the wall be D. Since the length of the ladder is 6 ft more than the ladder's distance from the wall, then the ladder's length is D + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have 2 legs and the hypotenuse of the right triangle. Based on the pythagorean formula, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, we will have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28D+%2B+6%29%5E2+=+D%5E2+%2B+18%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28D+%2B+6%29%5E2+=+D%5E2+%2B+18%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=D%5E2+%2B+12D+%2B+36+=+D%5E2+%2B+324 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"D%5E2+%2B+12D+%2B+36+=+D%5E2+%2B+324\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12D = 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=D+=+288%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"D+=+288%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 24 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that the hypotenuse or length of the ladder is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2830%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2830%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ft (24 + 6). </SPAN>\n" );
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