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A ladder is situated against a wall in such a way that its foot is at a distance of 2.5m away from the wall and its vertex touches a window which is at a height of 6m from the ground.Then the length of the ladder will be

A

6.1m

B

6.3 m

C

6.4m

D

6.5m

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