A ladder of 5 meters long leans against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 3 meters away from the…
The ladder is the five-metre hypotenuse of a right triangle with a three-metre horizontal side. The height is sqrt(5 squared - 3 squared) = 4 metres.
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A ladder of 5 meters long leans against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 3 meters away from the wall. How high up the wall does the top of the ladder reach?
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The ladder is the five-metre hypotenuse of a right triangle with a three-metre horizontal side. The height is sqrt(5 squared - 3 squared) = 4 metres.
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