8. A 26 m long ladder reaches a window 24 m high from the ground on
placing it against the wall. How far is the foot of the ladder from the wall?
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Answer:
5
Step-by-step explanation:
Through pythagerous theorum, the length of the ladder can be taken as hypotenuse
26^2=24^2+x^2 (pythagerous theorum)
26*2-/24*24=x^2
13*13-12*12=x^2
169-144=x^2
25=x^2
sqroot of 25= x
5=x
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Answer:
In △PQR, we have
PR
2
=PQ
2
+QR
2
(By Pythagoras theorem)
(26)
2
=(24)
2
+QR
2
QR
2
=676−576=100
⇒QR=
100
⇒QR=10
The distance of the foot of the ladder fro the wall is 10 m.
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