Sammy has a 10-foot ladder, which he needs to climb to reach the roof of his house. The roof is 12 feet above the ground. The base of the ladder must be at least 1.5 feet from the base of the house. How far is it from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof? I am confusing at the problem's wording.

Hmmmm. The roof is higher than the ladder can reach.

How high does the ladder reach?
10^2-1.5^2=h^2
h=sqrt(100-2.25)=9.89 feet
distance to the roof= 12-9.89

Well, it sounds like Sammy has quite the dilemma! Let me break it down for you with a touch of clownish wisdom.

So, Sammy has a 10-foot ladder and needs to climb it to reach the roof, which is 12 feet above the ground. Now, here's where things get interesting. The base of the ladder needs to be at least 1.5 feet away from the base of the house.

Now, picture this - Sammy is holding his ladder, trying to figure out the distance from the top of the ladder (where he'll be standing) to the edge of the roof. But in order to do that, we need to figure out the distance between the base of the ladder and the base of the house.

Let's do some clown math! The ladder is 10 feet long, and we know that the roof is 12 feet high. So, if Sammy positions the ladder perfectly against the house, the top of the ladder will go 2 feet past the roof.

Now, let's talk about the distance between the base of the ladder and the base of the house. It needs to be at least 1.5 feet. But since the ladder is already going 2 feet past the roof, it means that Sammy will have a total distance of 3.5 feet from the top of the ladder to reach the edge of the roof! Voila!

So, to sum it up, the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof is 3.5 feet. I hope my clownish explanation made it all a bit clearer!

To find the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof, we can use the Pythagorean theorem.

Let's draw a diagram to help visualize the problem.

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1.5 ft

In this diagram, the ladder is represented as a straight line, and the roof edge is represented by a point.

According to the problem, the ladder is 10 feet long and the roof is 12 feet high. We are also given that the base of the ladder must be at least 1.5 feet from the base of the house.

Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can calculate the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof (let's call it x).

The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

In this case, we have a right-angled triangle with one side measuring 10 feet (the ladder), another side measuring 12 feet (the height of the roof), and the third side measuring x (the distance we want to find).

The Pythagorean theorem can be written as:

10^2 + x^2 = 12^2

Simplifying this equation:

100 + x^2 = 144

Subtracting 100 from both sides:

x^2 = 144 - 100

x^2 = 44

Taking the square root of both sides:

x = √44

Simplifying the square root of 44:

x ≈ 6.63

Therefore, the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof is approximately 6.63 feet.

To answer this question, we need to break down the given information and analyze it step by step.

1. Sammy has a 10-foot ladder. This means the length of the ladder is 10 feet.

2. The roof is 12 feet above the ground. This tells us the height of the roof.

3. The base of the ladder must be at least 1.5 feet from the base of the house. This means there is a minimum horizontal distance of 1.5 feet between the ladder and the house.

Now, let's determine how far it is from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof.

We can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing length, which represents the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof. According to the theorem, in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (the longest side) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

So in this case, we have a right triangle formed by the ladder, the distance from the base of the ladder to the edge of the roof, and the height of the roof.

Let's call the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof "x".

Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can write the equation as:
x^2 + 10^2 = 12^2

Simplifying this equation, we have:
x^2 + 100 = 144

Subtracting 100 from both sides, we get:
x^2 = 44

Now, we can take the square root of both sides:
√(x^2) = √44

This simplifies to:
x = √44

So, the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof is approximately equal to √44 feet.

To get an exact numerical answer, we can calculate the square root of 44. Using a calculator, we find that √44 is approximately 6.63 feet. Therefore, the distance from the top of the ladder to the edge of the roof is approximately 6.63 feet.