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Your school principal wants the custodian to put a new flag up on the flagpole. If the flagpole is 40 feet tall and they have a 50 foot ladder, approximately how far from the base of the pole can he place the base of his ladder in order to accomplish the task?

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he could place the ladder 10 ft away from the flagpole to complete the task.

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