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Question 935493: A ladder leans against a vertical wall and makes an angle of 60° with the ground and the top of the ladder reaches 12m up the wall. (a) how long is the ladder? (b) how far is the foot of the ladder from the wall? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Special Triangle; and the hypotenuse is twice the distance from the bottom of the wall to the bottom of the ladder. --------Pythagorean Theorem.
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