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8 foot ladder how far from the wall should you place the base of the ladder?
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∙ 13y ago
It should be placed 2 ft from the wall
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A painter is painting a mural on a wall. He has a 20-foot ladder. He needs to work on a part of the wall that is 16 feet above the ground. How far from the base of the building should he place the foo?
Using Pythagoras' theorem the the foot of the ladder should be 12 feet away from the base of the building.
How close to your work should you position a ladder?
1 foot
A 5 foot ladder is leaning against a 4 foot wall how far must the bottom of the ladder be from the base of the wall so that the top of the ladder rests on the top of the wall?
1 i think other people feel free to change this
When a painter leans a 29 foot ladder so that the base of the ladder is 21 feet from the wall. What is the height at which the top of the ladder touches the wall?
Using Pythagoras' theorem it is 20 feet
How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 15 ladder so that if exactly reaches the top of a 12 foot tall wall?
Using Pythagoras' theorem it is 9 feet
A painter is painting a mural on a wall. He has a 20-foot ladder. He needs to work on a part of the wall that is 16 feet above the ground. How far from the base of the building should he place the foo?
Using Pythagoras' theorem the the foot of the ladder should be 12 feet away from the base of the building.
What should be the horizontal distance in feet for a ladder to the wall?
The best tip I've come to is that for every four feet of height you have to climb, move the base one foot away from the wall. Better still is to have someone foot the ladder, or to fasten the ladder with a rope, preferably near the top of the ladder to avoid the ladder sliding sideways.
When A 12 foot extension ladder is placed against a wall To achieve the proper climbing angle approximately how far should the bottom of the ladder be from the base of the wall?
3 FEET
Pyhtagorean Theorem A firefighter has a 22-foot ladder If he stand the bottom of the ladder 7 feet from the base of a building will the ladder be long enough to reach a window 19 feet from the groun?
he should bud the ladder so it wouldn't be able to reach
How far up a wall will a 12m ladder reach If the foot of the ladder must be 4m from the base of the wall?
16
a 12 foot ladder is placed against a wall so that the base of the ladder is 2 feet away from the wall. What is the height of the top of the ladder?
10,000 m
How far up the wall is a 10 ft ladder if the base of the ladder is 3 ft away from the wall?
The ladder is 7 foot up the wall if the ladder if the ladder is 3 ft away from wall.
If A painter leans a 34ft ladder against a building The base of the ladder is 16ft from the building To the nearest foot how high on the building does the ladder reach?
30 feet. And you don't have to round it to the nearest foot. It's exactly 30 feet.
How close to your work should you position a ladder?
1 foot
A 5 foot ladder is leaning against a 4 foot wall how far must the bottom of the ladder be from the base of the wall so that the top of the ladder rests on the top of the wall?
1 i think other people feel free to change this
Ken leans a 12-foot ladder against his house He places the ladder so that the base is 5 feet from the house How far up the house does the ladder reach?
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When a painter leans a 29 foot ladder so that the base of the ladder is 21 feet from the wall. What is the height at which the top of the ladder touches the wall?
Using Pythagoras' theorem it is 20 feet
