Jennifer needs to use a ladder to clean a second-floor window on a building. If the window is 13 ft above the ground and the base of the ladder is 4 ft from the building, which equation below can be used to determine the length (x) of the ladder needed to reach the window?

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Jennifer needs to use a ladder to clean a second-floor window on a building. If the window is 13 ft above the ground and the base of the ladder is 4 ft from the building, which equation below can be used to determine the length (x) of the ladder needed to reach the window?
 
 
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