Question 805531
The ladder,the floor & the wall form a right triangle.										
The base is one leg					The height is the other leg					
The ladder acts as the hypotenuse										
Pythagoras theorem										
										
(Hyp)^2=		(leg1)^2+			Leg2^2					
Hypotenuse =			26	ft						
leg1=			24	ft						
Leg2=			?							
										
leg2^2=hyp^2-leg1^2										
Leg2^2=		26	^2	-	24	^2				
Leg2^2= 		676	-	576						
Leg2^2= 		100								
Leg2=		{{{sqrt(100)}}}								
Leg2=		10	ft							
										
The ladder touches the wall at a height of									10	ft
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