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A ladder reaches (120) m up a wall. Its foot is (x) m away from the wall and the ladder length is (x+50) m. What is (x)?
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Correct answer: (119)
From the right triangle, (x^2+120^2=(x+50)^2), giving (x=119). In ladder problems, the ladder is the hypotenuse.
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From the right triangle, (x^2+120^2=(x+50)^2), giving (x=119). In ladder problems, the ladder is the hypotenuse.
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This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Quadratic Equations. Topic: Word Problems and Applications.
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