While shopping at his local home improvement store, Chen noticed that the directions for anextension ladder state, "This ladder is most stable when used at a 77•angle with the ground." Hewants to buy a ladder to paint a two-story house that is 26 feet high. How long does his ladderneed to be? Draw a diagram and set up an equation for this situation. Show evidence of yourreasoning. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

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While shopping at his local home improvement store, Chen noticed that the directions for an xtension ladder state, "This ladder is most stable when used at a 77 angle with the ground." He rants to buy a ladder to paint a two-story house that is 26 feet high. How long does his ladder eed to be? Draw a diagram and set up an equation for this situation. Show evidence of your casoning. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

While shopping at his local home improvement store, Chen noticed that the directions for an xtension ladder state, "This ladder is most stable when used at a 77 angle with the ground." He rants to buy a ladder to paint a two-story house that is 26 feet high. How long does his ladder eed to be? Draw a diagram and set up an equation for this situation. Show evidence of your casoning. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

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While shopping at his local home improvement store, Chen noticed that the directions for an
extension ladder state, "This ladder is most stable when used at a 77•angle with the ground." He
wants to buy a ladder to paint a two-story house that is 26 feet high. How long does his ladder
need to be? Draw a diagram and set up an equation for this situation. Show evidence of your
reasoning. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

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