Arake is leaning against a wall. the top of the rake hits the wall 45 inches above the ground,
and the bottom of the rake is 28 inches away from the wall. how long is the rake?
inches

answer:

the answer is 73 inches away fro the wall.

step-by-step explanation:

you add 45 and 28 to get 73. first you add 8 and 5 which equals 13 and you carry the 1 .next you add 4, 2, and 1 to get 7. finally you combine them all together.

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!