 A ladder 40 feet long may be so placed that it will reach a window 33 feet high on one side of the street, and by turning it over without moving its foot it will reach a window 21 feet high on the other side. Find the breadth of the street.  Mensuration for pupil teachers - Page 22by James Elliot - 1879 - 106 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...5l. 16s. 0£<f. QUEST, 1. A ladder, 26y feet long, may be so planted, that it shall reach a window 22 feet from the ground on one sid.e 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 14... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...51. 16s. Q^d. QUEST. 1. A ladder, 26|- feet long, may be so planted, that it shall reach a window 22 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 14... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...bl. 16s. (>[il. QUEST. 7. A ladder 26| feet long, may be so planted, that it shall reach a window 22 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 14... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1827 - 412 pages
...ladder, 50 feet long, being placed in a street, reached a window 28 feet from the ground on one side ; and, by turning it over, without removing the foot, it reached another window 36 feet . high on the other side ; required the breadth of the street ? Ans— 76.1233 feet. 11. How... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...ladder 50 feet long, being placed in a street, reached a window 28 feet from the ground, on one side ; and by turning it over, without removing the foot, it reached another window, 36 feet high, on the other side ; required the breadth of the street. Ans. 76. 1233 feet . OF SUPERFICIES.... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1834 - 454 pages
...ladder, 50 feet long, being placed in a street, reached a window 28 feet from the ground on one side ; and, by turning it over, without removing the foot, it reached another window 36 feet high on the other side ; required the breadth of the street ? Ans.— 76.1233 feet. 11. How... | |
 | 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, by only turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21... | |
 | 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 high ; required the breadth... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 by only turning it over, without moving the foot out of its place, it will do the same by a window 21... | |
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