A ladder 10m long reaches a window 8 m above the ground. Find the distance of the foot of the ladder from base of the wall.

Explanation

In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.


A ladder 10 m long reaches a window 8 m above the ground. Find the distance of the foot of the ladder from the base of the wall


AB is the height of the window from the ground = `8m`


AC is the length of the ladder = `10m`
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