SOLUTION: A building is 3 ft from an 11​-ft fence that surrounds the property. A worker wants to wash a window in the building 16 ft from the ground. He plans to place a ladder over th
Question 1027385: A building is 3 ft from an 11-ft fence that surrounds the property. A worker wants to wash a window in the building 16 ft from the ground. He plans to place a ladder over the fence so it rests against the building. (5ft) He decides he should place the ladder 11 ft from the fence for stability. To the nearest tenth of a foot, how long a ladder will he need? Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This would work: There are three isosceles right triangles
The largest of those isosceles right triangles has legs measuring . Its hypotenuse is the length of the ladder (rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot).
A slightly longer ladder would do too: The length of that ladder is (rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot).
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