Mr. Smith has multiple ladders that he can use to reach the top of the school building. He chooses the ladder that is 40 feet long. If the building is 25 feet high, how far away from the
building should Mr. Smith stand so the ladder touches the top of the building? Give your
answer as a decimal to 2 places.

The rumpart family is building a new room onto their house. the width of the new room will be 16 feet. the length of the room will be 4% greater than the width. write an expression to find the length of the new room. what will be the area of this new room?

Haruka hiked several kilometers in the morning. she hiked only 66 kilometers in the afternoon, which was 25% less than she had hiked in the morning. how many kilometers did haruka hike in all?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.