 | William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...of their difference for the side required. EXAMPLE. A castle 45 yards high, is surrounded by a fosse 60 yards broad : What length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the fosse to the top of the wall ? Ana. 75 yarda. Suppose a light-house built on the top of a rock, the... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1807 - 290 pages
...EXAMPLES. 8. The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high, anrl is surrounded with a ditch £>0 yards broad ; what length must a ladder be to reach...the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle î Ans. 75 yards. 3 3 u -3 31 Ditch. Базе 00 yards. p. The wall of a town is 25 feet high, which... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...of a certain fortress is 17 feet high, which is surrounded by a ditch 20 feet in breadth ; how long must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the wall ? Ans. 26.24 + feet. Ditch, * 5. A certain castle which is 45 yards high, is surrounded by a ditch... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1816 - 288 pages
...EXAMPLES. 8. The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high, and is surrounded with a ditch 60 yard» broad ; what length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the eastle ? Ans. 7 S yards. Base 60 yards. a. The Wall of a town is S5 feét hiçh. which--is surrounded... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1817 - 214 pages
...of a certain fortress is 17 feet high, which is surrounded by a ditch 20 feet in breadth ; how long must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to fhe top of the wall ? Ans. 26.24+feet. 6. A certain castle which is 45 yards high, is surrounded by... | |
 | Phinehas Merrill - Arithmetic - 1819 - 116 pages
...high, which is surrounded by a ditch of 20 fuet in breadth ; I demand the length of a ladder that shall reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the wall ? Ans 26.2 ft-ct nearly. 5. How wany feet of boards will it take to cover a barn which is 76 ft.... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...top of the wall? Ans. 26.24+feet. Ditch. 5. A certain castle which is 45 yards high, is surrounded by a ditch 60 yards broad; what length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the xip of the castle ? Ans. 75 yards. 6. A line 27 yards long, will exactly reach from the ;op of a fort... | |
 | Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...which is 45 yarels high, is surrounded by a ditch 60 yards broad ; what must be the length of a ladder to reach from the outside of the ditch, to the top of the castle? Ans. 75 yards. • NOTE. This diagram is called a right angled triangle ; and the square of the hypothenuse, or longest... | |
 | Henry Jackson - Arithmetic - 1824 - 172 pages
...«fa town is 25 feet high, and it is surrounded by a ditch ; it requires a ladder 40 ft. in length to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the wall; what is the width of the d'tch ? Ar,s. 3i-l-ft. *The base and perpendicular are sometimes called... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1828 - 318 pages
...hypotenuse. EXAMPLES. 1. The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high, and is surrounded with a Hitch 60 yards broad; what length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of (he ditch to the top of the castle ? Ans. 75 yards, 2. The wall of a town is 25 feet high, which is... | |
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The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high, and is surrounded with a ditch 60 yards broad ; what length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle ? Ans. 
