From Chris Baranski: There is a well and in the well there are 2 sticks one is 2 meters long the other is 3 meters long and they are opposite to each other. They are leaning against the wall of the well. The place where they touch is 1 meter of the bottom of the well. How wide is the well? Answered by Chris Fisher.
From Michael Blade: There is a cube box 3feet x 3feet x 3ft resting against a vertical wall on level ground. Resting against the outside corner of the box is a ladder 10 feet tall, this ladder is of course resting on the ground but also against the outside corner of the box and rests on the wall.
The question- the ladder is divided into two unequal section bounded by the box to the ground and the box to the wall. what are those dimensions?
Answered by Penny Nom.
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