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The foot of a ladder is 6 m away from a wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the ground.

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The foot of a ladder is 6 m away from a wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the ground. If the ladder is shifted in such a way that its foot is 8 m away from the wall, to what height does its tip reach?

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Let, length of ladder be AD = BE = l m
In ΔACD, by Pythagoras theorem

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