To wash a window that is 15 feet off the ground, Daniel leans a 17-foot ladder against the side of the building. To reach the window, he leans the base of the ladder 8 feet away from the building. Did he place the base right to reach the window?

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To wash a window that is 15 feet off the ground, Daniel leans a 17-foot ladder against the side of the building. To reach the window, he leans the base of the ladder 8 feet away from the building. Did he place the base right to reach the window?
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Given that, the window is 15 feet off the ground and the length of the ladder is 17 foot.

The current situation can be represents as shown below.

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From the above figure, by the Pythagoras theorem c2=a2+b2.

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