A 60 foot ladder needs to reach a window that is 47 feet off the grounf. How far away, to the nearest foot, from the building should the base of the ladder be placed?

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Q: A 24-foot ladder is resting against a wall of a building in such a way that the top of the ladder is…

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Q: A jet plane traveling at 550 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 2​-hour…

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Q: A ladder that is 13 feet long is 5 feet from the base of a wall. How far up the wall does the ladder…

A: In a right angled triangle:- (Perpendicular)^2 + (Base)^2 = (Hypotenuse)^2

Q: A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 4-hour…

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Q: Randy wants to attach a 17-foot string of lights to the top of the 15 foot mast of his sailboat. How…

A: Given that: Length of string, L=17ftHeight of the mast, H = 15ft

Q: A ladder is extended from a fire truck as shown in the diagram below. To the nearest foot, how high…

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