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The top of an 18-foot ladder touches the side of a building 14 feet above the ground. Approximately how far from the base of the building should the bottom of the ladder
be placed?
Assuming that ladders should be placed at an 75° angle, let's translate it into a slope of 3.732 of a line (looked the value up, was too lazy to calculate it)
the distance from the orign in the picture is your answer, and one side of a triangle formed by the wall, the ground and the ladder
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