document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=599041>Question 599041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a ladder of length l= 9 m is placed against a home pin reparation for washing the windows. How high on the home does the ladder reach when the bottom of the ladder is d= 4m from the home?round to the nearest tenth. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Apply the Pythagorean Theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = height on home the ladder reaches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 9^2 + 4^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 81 + 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 97<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9.8489<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rounding to nearest tenth:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9.8 m<BR>\n" );
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