Answered: 25) A 12 ft ladder is rested against…

25) A 12 ft ladder is rested against the top of a 10 ft wall. How far is the bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the wall to the nearest tenth?

Mathematics For Machine Technology

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337798310

Author:Peterson, John.

Publisher:Peterson, John.

Chapter68: Basic Calculations Of Angles And Sides Of Right Triangles

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 5A

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: 1. A carousel, with a diameter of 20 m, has 12 horses spaced around the circumference at equal…

A: Please see the answer in the next step.

Q: 1. A 13-m ladder is placed against a building to reach a window that is 5 m above the ground. How…

A: Dear,as per company guidelines we can answer only one question at a time, kindly post other question…

Q: A right triangle has a base of 24 cm and a height of 16 cm. What is the approximate perimter of the…

A: Given that a right triangle has a base of 24 cm and a height of 16 cm.Our Aim is to find the…

Q: A 13 foot ladder is placed so that it reaches to a point on the wall that is 2 feet height than…

Q: 3). A printer need to make a poster that will have a total area of 200 in² and will have 1 inch…

A: A printer has total area =200in2 1 in marigi on sides 2in on top ,1.5 in bottom margins. Let L be…

Q: How far from the base of a building must a 25-ft ladder be placed so that it reaches 20 ft up the…

A: We will use Pythagoras theorem to find solution to the problem .

Q: 2. A rectangular box open at the top with square ends is to be built to hold 392 ft at a cost of Php…

A: Given volume of The bar is 392ft3 Cost for making of base is php 75/ft2 and for sides Php 50/ft2…

Q: Seven line segments with lengths no greater than 15 cm and no shorter thatn 3 cm are given. Show…

A: By piegonhole principle, There are 7 segments and there are 13 possible lengths. Hence, for one…

Q: A shipping container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism with a length of 11.5 feet, a…

Q: The minute hand of a clock is 1.2 centimeters long. To two signi-ficant digits, how far does the tip…

A: Given, the minute hand of a clock is 1.2 centimeters long.

Q: A shipping container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism with a length of 14 feet, a width…

A: Mensuration Question

Q: 8. A rectangular plot of land is to be seeded with grass. If the plot is 22 m by 28 m and a 1kg bag…

A: Given that, Dimension of rectangular plot = 22 by 28 1 kg bag of seed cover an area of 85 sq m

Q: c) A triangular sail has a perimeter of 25 m. Side a is 2 m shorter than twice side b, and side cis…

A: Find the side a,b,c

Q: What is the side length of the smallest square plate on which a 40-cm chopstick can fit along a…

A: Let us consider the square plate with side a .

Q: 5.) If the area of a circle is 201.06 cm squared. What is the radius. Round to 1 a whole number *

Q: What length of cable is needed to anchor a 120 foot tall tower to its anchoring spot 50 feet from…

A: This question is regarding phythagores theorem

Q: 2. A circular wheel has been rolled and performed a total of 200 revolutions. If the radius of the…

Q: Twelve equally Space holes are to be drilled in a metal strip 3 1/4in.long, with 2 in. Remaining of…

A: Length of metal strip is L=314 inch 12 holes equally spaced are to be drilled with 2 inch remaining…

Q: 2. A snowcone with a radius of 4 cm is sold in a cone-shaped paper cup with a height of 12 cm and an…

A: Snowcone is a crunchy ice ball. If r is the radius of any spherical shape body then its volume is…

Q: Nine pegs are evenly spaced on a board so that the distance from each end to a peg equals the…

A: it is given that the board is 5 ft long. here the objective is to find the distance between the…

Q: 8) Given the similarity ratio between two circles is 4 and the area of the bigger circle is 60 ft?,…

A: For two circles ratio of their areas equal to square of their similarity ratio

Q: Suppose a Red Oak is 30 ft high with a tree trunk radius of 2.5 ft and a Birch tree is 50 ft high…

Q: 6. A 14 foot piece of ribbon is attached to the top of a pole that is 6 feet tall. How far out from…

Q: A right rectangular prism has a length of 2 1/2 feet, a width of 3 feet and a height of 1 1/2 feet.…

Q: What is the length of a handrail for a flight of 16 stairs (Fig. 6-31), where each step is 30.5 cm…

A: As per given by the question, there are given that wide of each step is 30.5 and height is 22.3 cm.…

Q: 19. A drawbridge that is 104 ft in length is raised at its midpoint so that the uppermost points are…

A: Given, A drawbridge that is 104 ft in length is raised at its midpoint so that the…

Q: A shape is made of 6 right triangles of equal size. Each right triangle has a base of 6 cm and a…

Q: What length of cable is needed to anchor a 120 foot tall tower to its anchoring spot 50 feet from…

Q: 8. The windshield wiper rotates at an angle of 155°. If the length of the wiper mechanism is 24 in…

A: The given question can be solved as shown in step2.

Q: A cabinet maker wants to make a simple open cab- inet as shown at right. If the middle shelf is to…

A: Solve according to the question

Q: An isosceles triangle with legs of 9 cm and a base of 10 cm in length has a median drawn from its…

A: We know that in isosceles triangle median through vertex on base is perpendicular to base, and it…

Q: A drawbridge that is 104 ft in length is raised at its midpoint so that the uppermost points are 8…

A: Given, L=1042=52, x=8 if its raised from midpoint then horigontal distance: D=52-4D=48 now find…

Q: Consider an isosceles triangle with base of length 18 and height of length 16. Divide this triangle…

A: We ere given an isosceles triangle with base of length 18 and height of length 16.So, the area of…

Q: A triangle has sides measuring 6, 8, and 10 cm. Using a dilation factor of 0.75, what would the…

A: For finding the sides of the second triangle we have to multiply the sides of the first triangle…

Q: 2) A ladder is leaning against the side of a house. If the base of the ladder is 3 ft away from the…

A: We will use Pythagorean theorem to find answer to the question .

Q: An isosceles triangle has a base of /20 m. Each of the equal sides is 3/7 m long. What is the exact…

A: Using formula of area of isosceles triangle

Q: What length of cable, rounded to the nearest foot is needed to connect the top of a 60-foot tower to…

A: We have to find the length of cable is needed to connect the top of a 60-foot tower to an anchor…

Q: circumscribed a triangle having an area of 96 sq.cm. If one of the sides of the triangle is 20 cm,…

A: Given query is to find the sides of the triangle and the ratio of indicated areas.

Q: What length of band will be required?

A: Given , three cylindrical oil drums of 2-foot diameter are to be securely fastened around the…

Q: A shipping container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism with a length of 12 feet, a width…

Q: How far from the base of a building must a 20-ft ladder be placed so that it reaches 16 ft up the…

Q: 2. Two small circls tangent to each other are inscribed in a rectangle. A bigger circe is…

Q: 2. A ladder 12 m long is placed so that its front is 3 m from a building. How far must the foot of…

A: This question can be solved by applying the concept of Pythagoras theorem.

Q: A guy.rope on a tent is 1.5 m long. One end is fixed to the top of a vertical pole and the other is…

Q: 4. A taut telephone wire extends 26 feet from a telephone pole to a stake in the ground 10 feet away…

A: a taut telephone wire extends 26 feet from a telephone pole to stake in the ground feet away from…

Q: One end of a rope of length 10 m is tied to the top of a vertical flag po- When the rope is tight it…

A: since you have asked multiple questions in single request so we will be answering only first…

Q: A fence 10 feet tall runs parallel to a tall building at a distance of 2 ft from the building as…

A: Given that

Q: A 46 ft wire is used to brace a utility pole. If the wire is attached 3 ft from the top of the 39 ft…

Q: A flagpole is secured on opposite sides by two guy wires, each of which is 5 ft longer than the…

A: Let the height of the flagpole be x ft. Then the given data can be shown in the following…

Q: What is the estimated digit if the length of an object being measured falls exactly on the 5-cm…

A: Consider the provided information, What is the estimated digit if the length of an object being…

Question

100%

25) A 12 ft ladder is rested against the top of a 10 ft wall. How far is the bottom of the ladder from
the bottom of the wall to the nearest tenth?

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

$Pythagoras' Theorem$

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, algebra and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions

A guy wire 25 ft long supports an antenna at a point that is 20 ft above the base of the antenna. How far from the base of the antenna is the guy wire secured?
A goat is tethered to a barn by a 12-ft chain. If the chain is connected to the barn at a point 6 ft from one end of the barn, what is the area of the pasture that the goat is able to graze?
The approximate area of a triangle with sides of lengths 3 in., 5 in., and 6 in. is 7.48 in2. What is the approximate length of the radius of the inscribed circle?
If line segment AB and line segment CD in the accompanying drawing are drawn to scale, what does intuition tell you about the length of these segments?
A hot-air balloon is held in place by the ground crew at a point that is 21 ft from a point directly beneath the basket of the balloon. If the rope is of length 29 ft, how far above ground level is the basket?
The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 32cm. If the length of the altitude drawn to the base is 8cm, how long is each leg of the isosceles triangle?_
A machinist needs to lay out three holes in a plate. Find, to the nearest thousandth millimeter, the length of side b in the figure.
A carpenter lays out boards of lengths 8 ft, 8 ft, 4 ft, and 4 ft by placing them end to end. a If these are joined at the ends to form a quadrilateral that has the 8-ft pieces connected in over, what type of quadrilateral is formed? b If these are joined at the ends to form a quadrilateral that has the 4-ft and 8-ft pieces alternating, what type of quadrilateral is formed?