document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=552515>Question 552515</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me to solve the following word problem.  A 20 foot ladder is leaned against a wall.  If the base of the ladder is 8 feet from the wall, how high up the wall will the ladder reach? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How is that a \"word problem?\"<BR>\n" );
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