Question

If you wanted to safely climb a 50-foot wall, what’s the shortest ladder you’d be willing to use? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

The ladder should be 1 feet away from the wall by each 4-feet that the wall rises, so if we have a 50 ft wall, the distance between the bottom of the ladder and the wall must be: 50ft/4 = 12.5ft.