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A ladder reaches (72) m up a wall. The ladder length is (18) m more than the distance of its foot from the wall. What is that distance?

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Correct answer: (135) m

The direct answer is B, 135 m. Let the foot distance be x metres. The vertical height is 72 m and the ladder, being the hypotenuse, is x+18 m. Pythagoras gives \\(x^2+72^2=(x+18)^2\\). Expanding and cancelling \\(x^2\\): \\(5184=36x+324\\), so \\(36x=4860\\) and x=135. Option B is correct; the ladder is 153 m long. Option A, 126, would make the ladder 144, but the equation fails. Option C, 144, would make the ladder 162 and also fails. Option D, 153, is the ladder length, not the ground distance; it would imply a ladder of 171. The hypotenuse must be longer than either perpendicular side.

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