document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=729544>Question 729544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Having difficulty with this word problem, anyone help me please??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 15ft long board leans against a vertical wall so that the bottom is five feet from the wall. How far up the wall (vertically) does the board reach? Reduce your answer if possible. Show your work. State units with answer </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #446016 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=446016\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ladder,the floor & the wall form a right triangle.										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The base is one leg					The height is the other leg					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ladder acts as the hypotenuse										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pythagoras theorem										<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Hyp)^2=		(leg1)^2+			Leg2^2					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hypotenuse =			15	ft						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "leg1=			5	ft						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2=			?							<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg2^2=hyp^2-leg1^2										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2^2=		15	^2	-	5	^2				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2^2= 		225	-	25						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2^2= 		200								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2=		<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28200%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28200%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2=		14.14	ft							<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ladder touches the wall at a height of about	14	ft<BR>\n" );
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