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A 5 meter long ladder is placed leaning towards a vertical wall such that it reaches the wall at point 4 meter high . If the foot of the ladder is moved 1.6 towards the wall, then find the distance by which the top of ladder would slide upwards on the wall
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Gaurav Seth 4 years, 10 months ago
Let AC be the ladder of length 5 m and BC = 4 m be the height of the wall, which ladder is placed. If the foot of the ladder is moved 1.6 m towards the wall i.e, AD = 1.6 m, then the ladder is slide upward i.e. ,CE = x m.
In right angled ΔABC,
Hence, the top of the ladder would slide upwards on the wall at distance 0.8 m.
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