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A ladder 10m long reaches the window of a house 8m above the ground. Find the distance of the foot of the ladder from the base of the wall. 

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Let AB be A ladder and B is the window at 8 m above the ground C. Now, In right triangle ABC 

By using Pythagoras theorem, we have

Hence, the distance of the foot of the ladder from the base of the wall is 6 m.

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