document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=747206>Question 747206</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A spotlight is mounted on the eaves of a house 12 feet above the ground.  A flower bed runs between the house and the sidewalk, so the closest the ladder can be placed to the house is 5 feet.  How long a ladder is needed so that an electrican can reach the place where the light is mounted.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The lenght of the ladder needs to be how many feet? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #454783 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cromlix><B>Cromlix(4381)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cromlix><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=Cromlix><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=454783\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> this is a Pythagorean question<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Imagine a right angled triangle with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the house wall being the vertical side <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the ground being the bottom horizontal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of the ladder is given by <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the value of the hypotenuse, the side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "facing the right angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The square on the hypotenuse = the sum<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the squares on the other two sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12^2 + 5^2 = 169<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square root of 169 = 13ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of the ladder required<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 13ft.<BR>\n" );
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