The ladder shown below in fig. 1 was cut by 3 m. If you use the new ladder to climb a wall of height 6 m, what will be the distance between the foot of the ladder and wall?

4 cm

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6 cm

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8 cm

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10 cm

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Solution

The correct option is C 8 cm

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