document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1197481>Question 1197481</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 96 inches long ladder is leaning against a tall tree.The foot of the ladder is 26 inches from the base of the tree.How far up the trunk is the top of the ladder? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If a person leans a ladder against a tree, &nbsp;he &nbsp;(or she) &nbsp;can easily fall and injure himself &nbsp;(or herself),\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "as well as other people around, due to the fact that a ladder leaned against a tree has a rotational degree of freedom,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and even more than one such a rotational degree of freedom.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A reasonable person &nbsp;(like &nbsp;<I>homo sapience</I>&nbsp;) &nbsp;should not do this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The whole idea to lean a ladder against a tree is BAD and dangerous.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ladders are not intended for this purpose.\r<BR>\n" );
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