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A 5 foot ladder is leaning against a wall. If the bottom of the ladder is 3 feet from the base of th

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A 5 foot ladder is leaning against a wall. If the bottom of the ladder is 3 feet from the base of the wall, how high up the wall is the top of the ladder?

The answer is 4. Since we have a right triangle, with special ratio 3-4-5.

The ladder represents the hypotenuse.
 
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