document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=119178>Question 119178</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 10-foot ladder is positioned against a wall. The Base of the ladder is 6 feet from the wall. How many feet up the wall is the top of the ladder? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So, it looks like a pythagorean theorem will work quiet well here, as the ground and the wall should form a right triangle. Best to start off with a picture.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The short leg would be six, as that's how far the ladder is from the wall, and the hyptenuse should be ten, as that's how long the ladder is explained to be. Therefore, the variable, the wall, will be X.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formula for is thus: a^2 +b^2 = c^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^2 +x^2 = 10^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, you follow the Algebraic steps of PEMDAS. With no Parenthesis, we move on to exponents.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36 + x^2 = 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember that the exponent two mean to multiply the number by itself twice, NOT multiple it by two. Next, we multiply or divide, but there is nothing to do that with, so we move on to addition and subtraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = 100 - 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 64\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good, now that x is alone. We square root both sides. That will leave you with two answers, a negative and a positive 8. However, because you can't have a negative measurement, positive eight is the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer is 8 Feet </SPAN>\n" );
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