A painter put the top of a ladder at the bottom of a large sign on a wall. The bottom of the sign was 24 feet above the ground. When he slid the ladder so that its bottom was half the distance to the base of the wall, the top of the ladder was then 9 inches above the bottom of the sign. How long was the ladder, to the nearest foot?

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Q: If you take 4500 steps in a day and each of your steps is 2.5 feet. How many miles have you walked?

A: Given,         If we take 4500 steps in a day and each of your steps is 2.5 feet.

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 dime is 1/2 inch wide. If you put 5 dimes end to end, how long would it be from beginning to end.

A: A dime is 1/2 inch wide. If you put 5 dimes end to end, how long would it be from beginning to end.

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Q: Joseph wants to know the height of the tree in his backyard. If Joseph is 5 ft. tall and has a…

A: given height of joseph=5 ft shadow of joseph=7 ft shadow of tree=14 ft

Q: An electrician needs to run a cable from the top of a 45​-foot tower to a transmitter box located 24…

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Q: A police car is located 30 feet to the side of a straight road.

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Q: A ship is floating in a harbor tied to a dock.  There is a ladder attached to the side of the ship.…

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Q: The base of a window is 7.8 m above the ground. The lower end of the ladder is 3.3 m from the side…

A: Note that, the ladder’s lower end is 3.3 m from the side of the house and the base of the window is…

Q: A wheelchair ramp is 9 feet long and sits 214 feet high. How long will a similar ramp be if it is…

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Q: In a photograph of a father and his daughter, the daughter’s height is 2 cm and the father’s height…

A: Given that, In a photograph of a father and his daughter, the daughter’s height is 2 cm and the…

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Q: square courtyard is 13 feet long. It costs $5 per foot to replace the brick wall around the…

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Q: A smockstack 75 feet high is held by 3 wires attached 10 feet from the top. To the nearest whole…

A: Consider the diagram below.The length AC is the length of each wire.