Math, asked by devanandshilpa624, 1 year ago

A ladder 17M long reaches a wall 15 M high.How far is the foot of the ladder reaches

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Answered by brindhasarathy
0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Answered by sabijayaraj
2

Answer:

8

Step-by-step explanation:

consider it as a right triangle with ladder as hypotenuse and wall and ground as sides. (please draw figure)

then by pythagoras theorem

17 square - 15 square =( ground distance )square

289 - 225 = 64

distance from wall to foot of ladder

√64 = 8

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