SOLUTION: picture with right triangle showing 17ft ladder reaches a window 15ft above ground how far from the wall is the base of ladder?

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Question 578027: picture with right triangle showing 17ft ladder reaches a window 15ft above ground how far from the wall is the base of ladder?
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