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document.write( "A 15-foot ladder is place against the wall of a house, just reaching the bottom of a window whose still is 10 feet from the ground. Suddenly the ladder slips 4 feet down the wall of the house. How far is the foot of the ladder from the base of the house? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Suddenly the ladder slips 4 feet down the wall of the house.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far is the foot of the ladder from the base of the house?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ladder is 6' off the ground after the 4' slip<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using pythag, the ladder is the hypotenuse, one leg is 6' <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the other leg (d) is the distance the foot of the ladder is from the house<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d^2 + 6^2 = 15^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 + 36 = 225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 225 - 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 189<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = 13.75' from the base of the house </SPAN>\n" );
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