 A ladder, 40 feet long, may be so placed as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground on one side of the street; and by only turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21 feet high on the other side. Required...  Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ... - Page 73by Henry W. Jeans - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Charles Hutton - Measurement - 1788 - 728 pages
...fo planted, that it fhall reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one fide of the ftrcet; and, by turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the fame by a window 2 1 feet high, on the other fide : required the breadth of the ftreet. Anf.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...feet 3 inches. EXAM. vni. A ladder, 40 feet long, can be so planted, that it shall reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street ; and by turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21 feet... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...so planted, that it shall reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the streetj and by turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 2 1 feet high, on the other side : required the breadth of the street? Ans.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...feet 3 inches. EXAM. vni. A ladder, 40 feet long, can be so planted, that it shall reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street ; and by turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, i: will do the same by a window 2 1 feet... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...feet 3 inches. EXAM. vni. A ladder 40 feet long, can be so planted, that it shall reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street ; and by turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window i \ feet... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1825 - 608 pages
...26| feet long, may be so planted, that it shall reach a window 22 feet from the ground on one side of of the street ; and by only turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the s;iine l>ya window 14 feet high on the other side ; whut is the breadth of the street ? Ans.... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...Ans. 117 feet 9 inches. 6. A ladder, 40 feet long, may be so planted, that it shall reach a window 33 feet from the ground on one side of the street ; and,...without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21 feet high on the other side ; what is the breadth of the street ? Ans. 56... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...much water? Ans. 6 hours. . 94. Suppose a ladder 60 feet long be so placed, as to reach a window 37 feet from the ground, on one side of the street, and by moving or turning the ladder, (not at the foot,) over. will reach a window 28 feet high, on the other... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1835 - 270 pages
...in one of the sides 1 (40) A ladder 40 feet long, can be so placed that it shall reach a window 33 feet from the ground on one side of the street, and by turning it over without moving the foot, it will reach another window on the opposite side 21 feet... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Education - 1836 - 474 pages
...the book from which it is taken. " A ladder, 40 feet long, may be so placed as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground on one side of the street; and...without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21 feet high on the other side. Required the breadth of the street?" The following... | |
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