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A 20 -foot ladder is leaning against a building. The bottom of the ladder is 12 feet from the base of the building. How high up the building does the ladder reach?
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The ladder acts as the hypotenuse, the distance from the building to the bottom of the ladder is one leg, and the height the ladder reaches on the building is the other leg. Show more…
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