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A Ladder 13 M Long Rests Against a Vertical Wall. If the Foot of the Ladder is 5 M from the Foot of the Wall, Find the Distance of the Other End of the Ladder from the Ground

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A ladder 13 m long rests against a vertical wall. If the foot of the ladder is 5 m from the foot of the wall, find the distance of the other end of the ladder from the ground.

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The pictorial representation of the given problem is given below,

Pythagoras theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the remaining two sides.

Here, AB is the hypotenuse.
Therefore applying the Pythagoras theorem we get,
AB2  = BC2 + CA2 
132 = 52 + CA2 
CA2 = 132 -  52 
CA2  = 144
CA = 12 m
Therefore, the distance of the other end of the ladder from the ground is 12m.

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अध्याय 12: Pythagoras Theorem [Proof and Simple Applications with Converse] - Exercise 13 (A) [पृष्ठ १५८]

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अध्याय 12 Pythagoras Theorem [Proof and Simple Applications with Converse]
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