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5 May, 13:22

A ladder is leading against a building so that the distance from the ground to the top of the ladder is 2 feet less than the length of the ladder. Find the length of the ladder of the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building is 10feet.

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  1. 5 May, 13:34
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    ans = 4

    assume that the length of ladder is x

    assume length of wall to top of ladder is x-2

    the bottom is 10

    use pythagoras to find x (hypotenuse)

    should get 4 by factorising and squaring towards the end
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