document.write( "Question 1133893: A 13 ft ladder is leaning against a wall . The distance from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the wall is 7 ft more than the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall. Find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "A 13 ft ladder is leaning against a wall . The distance from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the wall is 7 ft more than the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall. Find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall.
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document.write( "With the hypotenuse (ladder's length) being 13, and the LONGER leg being greater than the shorter by 7, we get a classic 5-12-13 Pythagorean triple.
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document.write( "This means that the side being sought, or the shorter leg =  \n" );
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