document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=58324>Question 58324</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The base of a ladder is 3 feet away from the wall. The top of the ladder is 14 feet from the floor.  Find the length of the ladder to the nearest thousandth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The base of a ladder is 3 feet away from the wall. The top of the ladder is 14 feet from the floor.  Find the length of the ladder to the nearest thousandth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ladder, floor and wall form a right triangle in which the wall and floor are the legs and the ladder is the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The pythagorean theorem can be used to solve this kind of problem:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28c%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28c%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > c=hypotenuse, a=one leg, and b=other leg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the ladder=c.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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