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perry wants to replace the net on his basketball hoop. The hoop is 10 feet high. Perry places his ladder 4 feet from the base of the hoop. How long must his ladder be to reach the hoop? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth

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carlosego
For this case we can model the problem as a rectangle triangle.
 We have two sides of the triangle.
 We must find the hypotenuse.
 Using the Pythagorean theorem we have:
 h = root ((10) ^ 2 + (4) ^ 2)
 h = 10.77 feet
 Answer:
 his ladder must be 10.77 feet long to reach the hoop