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A 4m ladder rest against a vertical wall with its foot 2m from the wall.How far up the wall does the ladder reach?

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jashae2003
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  • 14-09-2018

A) How high up the wall does it reach?

Use the Pythagorean theorem

Height^2 + Base^2 = Hyp^2

H^2+ 2^2 = 4^2         Subtract the 2^2 from both sides

H^2 = 4^2 -2^2          Multiply the square roots of both the numbers

H^2= 16 - 4

H^2 = 12

H= sqrt(12) m

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