Problema Solution
A fire truck has a 75 foot ladder. If the truck can park 20ft from a building, how far up the building can the ladder reach assuming that the base of the ladder is resting on top of the truck and the truck is 10ft tall? Give decimal approximation, rounded to 3 decimal places.
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ladder = 75 ft
x = 20
height = ?
height = (75*75 - 20*20) = 72.284
total height = 72.284 + 10 = 82.284 ft