Homework Help: math

Posted by riley on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 1:20pm.

Jackies kitten is stuck on the window sill of her neighbors house. The window is 2.8m above the ground. The base of the ladder must be 0.7m away from the house and the ladder must extend 1m above the window sill. Will she be able to rescue the kitten, explain how..

math - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 1:28pm
That depends upon the length of the ladder. You can figure out the minimum length of the ladder with this formula -- where 3.8 is a and 0.7 is b and c is the length of the ladder.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

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