document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=749230>Question 749230</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 15 foot ladder is leaning against a house with its bottom 9 feet from the base of the house.  What is the slope of the ladder? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First find the remaining third <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  15^2 - 9^2 = 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( " square root of 144 = 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Using tan x = opposite/adjacent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             = 12/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "            x = 53.1 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           Slope = 1.3 </SPAN>\n" );
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