document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1081260>Question 1081260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two ladders are leaning against a wall. The longer ladder is 7.2 ft long. The shorter ladder is 6 ft long. Both ladders are leaning against the wall at the same angle measure. The base of the smaller ladder is 2.5 ft from the base of the wall.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How far away is the base of the longer ladder to the base of the wall? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The longer ladder is 7.2 ft long. The shorter ladder is 6 ft long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Both ladders are leaning against the wall at the same angle measure.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The base of the smaller ladder is 2.5 ft from the base of the wall. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far away is the base of the longer ladder to the base of the wall?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = the distance the longer ladder base is from the smaller ladder<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2.5) = the distance the longer ladder is from the wall<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Both angles have the same cosine (side adjacent/hypotenuse)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28x%2B2.5%29%29%2F7.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28x%2B2.5%29%29%2F7.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.5%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.5%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "cross multiply <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(x+2.5) = 7.2 * 2.5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 15 = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 18 - 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = .5 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the longer ladder: 2.5 + .5 = 3 ft from wall </SPAN>\n" );
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