 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1828 - 318 pages
...length of the hypotenuse. EXAMPLES. 1. 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 (o reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of' the cattle ? Ans. 75 yards. 2. The wall of a... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 358 pages
...36 yards high, which is surrounded by a trench 49 yards wide : what must be the length of a ladder to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the fortress? Ans. 60,8+ yards. Л. A ladder, 75 feet in length, stands 45 feet from the base of a turret,... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1828 - 312 pages
...ground is 45 yards high, and is surrounded with a ditch 60 yards broad; what length roust a ladder be lo reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the cattle ? Ans. 75 yards. 2. The wall of a town is 25 feet high, which is surrounded i>ya moat of 30... | |
 | James Hayward - Geometry - 1829 - 228 pages
...walls are 48 feet high, surrounded by a ditch 64 feet wide ; what is the length of a ladder which will reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle wall ? (2). A triangular field has one right-angle; the side opposite the right-angle measures 75 chains... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - Arithmetic - 1830 - 192 pages
...height of a fort be 15 feet, and surrounded by a ditch 24 feet wide, what must be the length of a ladder to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the fort ? Am. 28.3+ feel. 16. What is the height of a castle, when a line 212 feet long wiD just reach... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1830 - 188 pages
...height of a fort be 15 feet, and surrounded by a ditch 24 feet wide, what must be the length of a ladder to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the fort? ' Ans. 28.3+ /ee<. 16. What is the height of a castle, when a line 212 feet long will just reach... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1831 - 348 pages
...length of the hypothenuse. EXAMPLES. 1. The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high, and is surrounded with a ditch 60 yards broad; what length...the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle? Ans. 75 yards. 2. The wall of a town is 25 feet high, which is surrounded by a moat of 30 feet in breadth,... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1831 - 198 pages
...of a certain fortres^ 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+fect. 6. A certain castle which is 45 yards high, is surrounded by a ditch 60 yards... | |
 | Martin Ruter - Arithmetic - 1831 - 190 pages
...feet in height, it is surrounded by a ditch 20 feet in breadth; what must be the length of a ladder, to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the wall ? Ans. 28i feet. 15. On the margin of a river 24 yards wide, stands a tre«; from the top of which... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1831 - 210 pages
...A certain castle which is 45 yards high, is surounded by a ditch 60 yards broad ; what length must ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the 3p of the castle? Ans. 75 yards. 7. A line 27 yards long, will exactly reach from the )p of a fort... | |
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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. 
