SOLUTION: A ladder 41feet in length rest agains a vertical building is 9 feet from the building. How far up the building does the ladder reach. How far up the building does the ladder reach

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Question 785872: A ladder 41feet in length rest agains a vertical building is 9 feet from the building. How far up the building does the ladder reach. How far up the building does the ladder reach.
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A ladder 41feet in length rest agains a vertical building is 9 feet from the building. How far up the building does the ladder reach. How far up the building does the ladder reach.
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The ladder is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Use Pythagoras.