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A ladder against a wall 2014-07-09
From thabo:
A ladder 6.5m long,leans against a wall so that the top of the ladder is 4.8m from the ground.what is the angle of elevation of the ladder to the top of the wall
Answered by Penny Nom.
A ladder against a wall 2010-03-25
From amber:
the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the building is18 foot less than the length of the ladder.How high up the building is the top of the ladder if that distance is 1 ft less than the length of the ladder?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 6m ladder is placed against a wall 2010-03-09
From Trevor:
A 6m ladder is placed against a wall making a 56 degree angle with the ground. How far up the wall does the ladder reach?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A 25 foot ladder reaches a window 20 feet high 2010-02-27
From Tanner:
a 25 foot ladder reaches a window 20 feet high. how far is the ladder from the building? how far must the foot of the ladder be moved to lower the top of the ladder by four feet?
Answered by Tyler Wood.
Ladder Leaning on a Wall 2009-05-14
From clinton:
a ladder rests against a wall 24m high.the foot of the ladder is 7m from the foot of the wall. How do you calculate the length of the ladder
Answered by Robert Dawson.
A ladder against a wall 2009-04-08
From Jessica:
The angle of elevation of a 15 ft. ladder is 70 degrees, find out how far the base of the ladder if from the wall.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The length of a ladder 2009-03-30
From Susan:
The foot of an extension ladder is 7 ft. from a wall. The height that the ladder reaches on the wall and the length of the ladder are consecutive integers. How long is the ladder?
Answered by Penny Nom.
How far is the ladder from the wall? 2008-07-10
From Al:
a ladder is leaning against a wall at a 70 degree angle and the ladder is 20 feet tall...how far away is the ladder from the wall
Answered by Penny Nom.
How high does the ladder reach? 2007-06-11
From Madi:
A ladder 8 ft long resting on a house makes a 60 degree angle with the ground. how far up the house does it reach?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Rate of ladder falling 2006-04-30
From Harsh:
A ladder 4 m long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a speed of 30 cm/s, how quickly is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 2 m from the wall?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Ladder and wall 2006-04-27
From Lori:
A 12-foot ladder is leaning across a fence and is touching a higher wall located 3 feet behind the fence. The ladder makes an angle of 60 degrees with the ground. Find the distance from the base of the ladder to the bottom of the fence.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
A 25 foot ladder is leaning against a building. 2006-03-24
From Ali:
A 25 foot ladder is leaning against a building. The base of the ladder is 7 feet from the building. How high up the building does the ladder reach?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
GCF, LCM, primes and the ladder method 2006-01-07
From Linda:
How would I teach both finding the GCF and LCM with prime factors...I recall the ladder method vaguely.???
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 16 foot ladder 2003-09-04
From Kelly:
Two buildings are separated by a three-foot alleyway. Fatima wants to use a 16 foot ladder to reach a window in the wall of one of these buildings. If she places the foot of the ladder against the base of the other building, how far up the wall will the top of the ladder reach??
Answered by Penny Nom.
The shortest ladder 1999-06-26
From Nicholas:
A vertical wall, 2.7m high, runs parallel to the wall of a house and is at a horizontal distance of 6.4m from the house. An extending ladder is placed to rest on the top B of the wall with one end C against the house and the other end, A, resting on horizontal ground. The points A, B, and C are in a vertical plane at right angles to the wall and the ladder makes an angle@, where 0<@
Answered by Harley Weston.
A ladder problem 1999-04-22
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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