CAT 2021 Geometry & Mensuration Question (Medium)

Question

A ladder is leaning against a wall which is 5 meters high. If the ladder s foot is 2 meters from the wall and the top touches the top edge of the wall, what is the length of the ladder?

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Understanding A ladder leans against a 5-meter-high wall, with its foot 2 meters from the wall, touching the top edge of the wall. We need the length of the ladder. Analyzing By the Pythagorean theorem, the ladder forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 m wall height and 2 m foot distan

CAT 2021 Geometry & Mensuration — Previous Year Question

CAT 2021

Quantitative

Geometry & Mensuration

Medium

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