document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=655242>Question 655242</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the distance from the bottom of the wall to the base of the ladder is 5 feet, and the distance from the floor to the top of the ladder is 12 feet. Find the length of the ladder? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You are working with a right triangle where the horizontal leg=5 ft and the vertical leg=12 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of the ladder=hypotenuse of this right triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by the Pythagorean Theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=&#8730;(5^2+12^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=&#8730;(25+144)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=&#8730;169<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of the ladder=13 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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