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A 15-foot ladder leans against a wall. The base of the ladder is 9 feet from the wall. How high up the wall does the ladder reach, in feet?
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Apply the Pythagorean theorem in real-world contexts, use trig ratios with special angles, and recognize Pythagorean triples in distance problems.
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In a right triangle, one acute angle measures 60° and the side adjacent to that angle has a length of 8. What is the length of the side opposite the 60° angle?
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In a 30-60-90 triangle, the hypotenuse has a length of 18. What is the length of the longer leg?
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In a 45-45-90 triangle, the hypotenuse has a length of \(10\sqrt{2}\). What is the length of each leg?
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A drone flies 20 miles east and then 21 miles north. What is the straight-line distance from the drone back to its starting point, in miles?