document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=91231>Question 91231</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am not good at all with word problems and need some help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The base of a ladder is 10 ft away from the wall. The top of the ladder is 11 ft from the floor. Find the length of the ladder to the nearest thousandth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thamks a million </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #66217 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=66217\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We basically have this triangle set up:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we can see that the triangle has legs of 11 and 10 with a hypotenuse of c, we can use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagoreans theorem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where a and b are the legs of the triangle and c is the hypotenuse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11%5E2%2B10%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11%5E2%2B10%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  Plug in a=11, b=10, and c=c. Now lets solve for c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1+2+1+%2B+1+0+0+=++c++%5E+2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1+2+1+%2B+1+0+0+=++c++%5E+2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Square each individual term\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2+2+1+=++c++%5E+2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2+2+1+=++c++%5E+2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s+q+r+t+%28+2+2+1+%29+=+s+q+r+t+%28++c++%5E+2+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s+q+r+t+%28+2+2+1+%29+=+s+q+r+t+%28++c++%5E+2+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So c approximates to...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which means our answer is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c+=+14.866 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c+=+14.866\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to the nearest thousandth </SPAN>\n" );
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