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

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Let the ladder be AB and BC be the height of the window from the ground.

We have:

AB 10 m and BC = 8 m

Applying theorem in right-angled triangle ACB, we have:

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