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9.5 Exercise 43

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve using any method. Round your answers to the nearest tenth, if needed.

Gerry plans to place a 25-foot ladder against the side of his house to clean his gutters. The bottom of the ladder will be 5 feet from the house.How far up the side of the house will the ladder reach?

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 9.5 Solve Applications of Quadratic Equations, exercise 43

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