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Guttering
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Puzzle ID: #8669
Submitted By: glennyboy02




Corrected By: grilledcheese








Submitted By: glennyboy02






Glenn needs to repair the guttering on his house. His house is 7.2 metres high, and he places the ladder 1.8 metres from the base of the wall of the house. The ladder stretches 1 metre over the roof. What is the length of the ladder, rounded off to two decimal places?
Hint
Try drawing a diagram.Answer
Use the Pythagorean Theorem.where L = ladder length
L = (square root (7.2m squared + 1.8 m squared)) + 1m
L = (square root (55.08m)) + 1m
L = 7.42m + 1m
Therefore, the length of the ladder is approximately 8.42 metres.
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