A smockstack 75 feet high is held by 3 wires attached 10 feet from the top. To the nearest whole foot, what is the length of each wire if each is fastened in the ground 40 feet from the stack?

Q: . There is a pool in the shape of a rectangular prism. The bottom of the pool has a length of 25…

A: Option A is correct option .

Q: A company makes concrete bricks shaped like rectangular prisms. Each brick is 15 inches long, 10…

A: We have to find the number of bricks.

Q: In a triangular sandbox, two of the sides are 5 ft and 8 ft long. What is the range of possible side…

A:

Q: A dining room is 18 ft long and 14 ft wide. On a blueprint for the house, the dining room is 3.5 in.…

A: Given, original length of dining room=18ft   and original width of dining room=14ft   we…

Q: An electrician cuts a 16ft piece of wire into two pieces. One piece is 10 ft shorter than the other…

A:

Q: A building that is 15 meters tall casts a shadow that is 9 meters long. At the same time, a tree…

A: From the given data:

Q: A farmer has a 25 ft by 100 ft rectangular field that he wants to reduce to 54% of its original…

A:

Q: An 18-foot ladder is leaning against a tree. If the base of the ladder is 7 feet from the tree, how…

A:

Q: A map is scaled in such a way that 4 cm represents 7 km of the actual distance. If two towns are 11…

A:

Q: A PVC pipe is 150in in length and must be cut so that one piece is 18in longer than the other piece.…

A:

Q: A 6 ft board is cut into two pieces, one twice as long as the other. How longare the pieces?

A: Let the length of one piece = x ft length of other piece = 2x ft

Q: A 6-foot spruce tree is planted 15 feet from a lighted streetlight whose lamp is 18 feet above the…

A: Here we solve the problem of triangle.

Q: A 24-foot ladder resting against a house reaches a windowsill 16 feet above the ground. How far is…

A: Length of ladder=24 foot

Q: A slide is 10 feet long and 6 feet high. How long is its base, from the bottom of the ladder to the…

A: The length of AC=6 ft. The length of BC=10 ft. The objective is to find the length from the bottom…

Q: A man whose height is 1.6 m casts a shadow that is 2.7 m in length. What is the approximate height…

A: Height of building = 6.6 meter Option C is correct Answer.

Q: One side of a square flower bed is 18 feet long. How many plants are needed if they are to be spaced…

A: Given that the side of a square flower bed is 18 feet. Since, it is a square bed. Hence, all the…

Q: If posts are spaced 5 feet apart, how many posts are needed for 50 feet of straight-line fence?

A: The length of the straight-line fence is 50 feet.

Q: Another hospital has a similar landing pad'with perimeter 3900 ft. What is the length (in ft) of…

A: Given that: the landing pad for a helicopter at the hospital in the shape of a regular hexagon In…

Q: A 9-foot ladder is placed 4 feet from the base of a building. About how high does the ladder reach?

A:

Q: A radio tower is supported by two wires that are each 130 yards long and attached to the ground 50…

A: A radio tower is supported by two wires that are each 130 yards long and attached to the ground 50…

Q: The walls in a square room are each 25 feet long. What is the distance from one corner of the room…

A:

Q: How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 15 feet ladder so that it exactly reaches…

A: We use Pythagoras theorem.

Q: Cut a 16ft beam into two pieces so that one is 18 in longer than the other. Find the length of two…

A: The solution is given below :

Q: a board 13 1/4 inches long is cut from a board that is 2 feet long. If the width of the saw cut is…

A:

Q: Cut a 16 ft beam into two pieces so that one piece is 18 in. longer than the other. Find the length…

A:

Q: A rectangular lot 60 ft. Iong and 30 ft. wide is to be surrounded by a fence with posts 6 ft apart.…

A:

Q: A ladder that is 5 feet long is resting against the top of a wall that is 4 feet high. How far away…

A:

Q: A company makes concrete bricks shaped like rectangular prisms. Each brick is 12 inches long, 6…

A:

Q: A 6 ft board is cut into two pieces, on twice as long as the other. How longare the pieces?

A: Let the length of first piece = x ft Length of secind piece = 2x ft

Q: A 3-foot-tall stake in the ground casts a 1.2-foot-long shadow. At the same time, a tree casts a…

A:

Q: If you had a gallon of water and you poured it into a cube shaped box that would fill the box…

A: Volume of cube To find side of cube in inches.

Q: A rectangular tabletop has 2 opposite sides that measure 5 ft each. If the perimeter of the tabletop…

A:

Q: Two trim boards need to be used together to cover a 12-ft length along one wall. If Jim recalls that…

A: Given that two trim boards need to be used together to cover a 12-ft length along one wall. And one…

Q: A vertical pole is to be supported by a wire that is 26 feet long and anchored 24 feet from the base…

A: Given that: A vertical pole is to be supported by a wire that is 26 feet long and anchored 24 feet…

Q: A 60 foot ladder needs to reach a window that is 47 feet off the ground . How far away to the…

A: Ans (1) we have given a 60 foot ladder needs toreach a window that is 47 feet the groundAs 1 feet =…

Q: A 52 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 48 feet. If Jace grabs the…

A:

Q: The base of a 30-foot ladder is 10 feet from a building. If the ladder reaches the flat roof, how…

A:

Q: The hypotenuse has a length of 83 ft. and side B has a length of 22 ft. What is the length of side…

A: Let, A, B, C be the sides of a right angled triangle. The hypotenuse side of the triangle, C=83 ft.…

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: The foot of a ladder is placed 6 feet from a wall, If the ladder reaches 8 feet high on the wall how…

A: Given that the foot of a ladder is placed 6 feet from a wall. If the ladder reaches 8 feet high on…

Q: A 45 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 27 feet. If Latanya grabs…

A:

Q: A 13-meter ladder is leaning against a vertical wall. If the foot of the ladder is 5 meters away…

A: Given that 13-meter ladder is leaning against a vertical wall and at some time the foot of the…

Q: A supporting wire is to be attached to the top of a 50-foot antenna. If the wire must be anchored 50…

A: Given,           A supporting wire is to be attached to the top of a 50-foot antenna and the wire…

Q: A rectangle piece of cardboard is twice as long as it is wide. A 4-cm square is cut out of each…

A: Consider x be the width of the rectangle. So, 2x is the length of the rectangle.Corner cut: A 4 cm…

Q: A tart rope starting from the top of a flagpole and tied to the ground is 15 meters long.If the pole…

A: Given that  Length of rope =15 m  Height of the pole =7 m  To find the distance from rope to base of…

Q: To wash a window that is 8 feet off the ground, Amanda leans a 10 foot ladder against the side of…

A: The situation can be defined with a figure below i.e., Here, side AC represents the ladder. Side AB…

Q: the length of each side of a square is 3 inches longer than the sides of a smaller square. The…

A: We have to find the length

Q: A 26 foot long ladder is leaning up against a house. If the ladder reaches a window that is 24 feet…

A: A ladder of length 26ft is leaning against a wall and it reaches a window that is 24 ft from the…

Q: A 13 foot ladder leaning against a building meets the side of the building exactly 12 feet above the…

A:

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…